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Mothers’ early mind-mindedness predicts educational attainment in socially and economically disadvantaged British children

Meins, E.; Fernyhough, C.; Centifanti, L.C.M.

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E. Meins

L.C.M. Centifanti



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.

Citation

Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., & Centifanti, L. (2019). Mothers’ early mind-mindedness predicts educational attainment in socially and economically disadvantaged British children. Child Development, 90(4), e454-e467. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13028

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 30, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 18, 2018
Publication Date Jul 31, 2019
Deposit Date Nov 17, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Child Development
Print ISSN 0009-3920
Electronic ISSN 1467-8624
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 90
Issue 4
Pages e454-e467
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13028

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Meins, E., Fernyhough, C. & Centifanti, L. C. M. (2019). Mothers’ early mind-mindedness predicts educational attainment in socially and economically disadvantaged British children. Child Development 90(4): e454-e467, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13028. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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