Meins, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-6448, Fernyhough, Charles and Centifanti, Luna C Muñoz (2019) Mothers’ Early Mind-Mindedness Predicts Educational Attainment in Socially and Economically Disadvantaged British Children. Child Development. e454-e467. ISSN 0009-3920
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.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2018 16:50 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13028 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cdev.13028 |
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