Fionnuala Larkin, Janine Oostenbroek, Yujin Lee, Emily Hayward, Amy Fernandez, Ying Wang, Alex Mitchell, Lydia Y Li, Elizabeth Meins
The efficacy of a smartphone app intervention (BabyMind©) in facilitating mind-mindedness was investigated in a randomized controlled trial, assigning mothers and their 6-month-olds (N = 152; 72 girls, 146 White) to intervention or active control conditions. Mothers who had received the BabyMind© app intervention scored higher for appropriate (d = .61, 95% CI .28, .94) and lower for non-attuned (d = -.55, 95% CI -.92, -.18) mind-related comments at follow-up (age 12 months), compared with their control group counterparts...
November 15, 2023: Child Development