Mothers' Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Educational Attainment in Socially and Economically Disadvantaged British Children.

Meins, Elizabeth, Fernyhough, Charles and Centifanti, Luna CM ORCID: 0000-0003-4562-8187 (2019) Mothers' Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Educational Attainment in Socially and Economically Disadvantaged British Children. Child Development, 90 (4). e454-e467.

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Abstract

Relations between mothers' mind-mindedness (appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments) at 8 months (N = 206), and children's educational attainment at ages 7 (n = 158) and 11 (n = 156) were investigated in a British sample. Appropriate mind-related comments were positively correlated with reading and mathematics performance at both ages but only in the low-socioeconomic status (SES) group. Path analyses showed that in the low-SES group, appropriate mind-related comments directly predicted age-11 reading performance, with age-4 verbal ability mediating the relation between appropriate mind-related comments and age-7 reading. In contrast, maternal sensitivity and infant-mother attachment security did not predict children's educational attainment. These findings are discussed in terms of genetic and environmental contributions to reading and mathematics performance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Parenting, Social Class, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Infant, Vulnerable Populations, Female, Male, United Kingdom, Academic Success
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2018 11:14
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:32
DOI:	10.1111/cdev.13028
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3022196