Bed-Sharing in the First 6 Months: Associations with Infant-Mother Attachment, Infant Attention, Maternal Bonding and Sensitivity at 18 Months
Video Author: Ayten Bilgin
Published on: 05.21.2021
Congratulations
Congratulations to Nicole Baumann and Ahuti Das (both co-supervised by Professor Dieter Wolke) on winning the 2020 University of Warwick Psychology Department PhD Student Publication Awards at a recent PGR Research Day.
Read their articles and what the judges said.
…Sibling Bullying: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Associations with Positive and Negative Mental Health during Adolescence
It is well documented that sibling bullying is associated with poor mental health. The prospective longitudinal relationships between sibling bullying and both positive and negative mental health remain unclear. Additionally, the developmental course of negative mental health after sibling bullying involvement is yet to be investigated.
…Aberrant cortico-thalamic structural connectivity in premature-born adults
Premature birth is associated with alterations in brain structure, particularly in white matter. Among white matter, alterations in cortico-thalamic connections are present in premature-born infants, and they have been suggested both to last until adulthood and to contribute to impaired cognitive functions.
…Distinguished Contribution Award Talk: Dieter Wolke
Date 22 June 2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Location Online The Developmental Psychology Section is pleased to welcome Professor Dieter Wolke to this event. In this talk Professor Wolke will deliver his 2020 Distinguished Contribution Award Talk: ‘Born at risk or into risk environments: Consequences for development into adulthood’. After the talk there will be time for questions. …
Commentary: Response to commentary by Davis and Kramer (2021)
Davis and Kramer (2021) in their commentary on our study (Bilgin & Wolke, 2020) state that we ‘argue that leaving an infant to “cry it out”, rather than responding to the child’s cries, had no adverse effects on mother‐infant attachment at 18 months’ (Davis & Kramer, 2021, p. 1). Instead, we wrote that ‘contemporary practice by some parents to occasionally or often “leaving infant to cry it out” during the first 6 months was not associated with adverse behavioural development and attachment at 18 months’ (p. 8).
…Extremely preterm birth and autistic traits in young adulthood: the EPICure study
A high prevalence of autism spectrum disorder is reported in children born extremely preterm (EP), but an even larger proportion of survivors are affected by subclinical difficulties than meet diagnostic criteria. The aims of this study were to investigate autistic traits associated with the broader autism phenotype in a cohort of young adults born EP, and explore how these traits relate to emotion recognition, empathy and autism symptom presentation in childhood. The prevalence of autism diagnoses was also investigated.
…Health-Related Quality of Life from Adolescence to Adulthood Following Extremely Preterm Birth
Objective
To examine self-reported and parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQL) in adults born extremely preterm compared with control participants born at term and to evaluate trajectories of health status from adolescence to early adulthood.
…Preterm birth: Educational and mental health outcomes
Preterm birth (birth at less than 37 weeks’ gestation) is common and represents a major contributor to global child morbidity and mortality.
…Peer Relationship Trajectories in Very Preterm and Term Individuals from Childhood to Early Adulthood
To identify trajectories of peer relationships in very preterm and term-born individuals from 6 to 26 years of age and test early-life predictors of these trajectories.
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