Outputs (3)

Mind-mindedness as a multidimensional construct: Appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments independently predict infant–mother attachment in a socially diverse sample (2012)
Journal Article
Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., de Rosnay, M., Arnott, B., Leekam, S., & Turner, M. (2012). Mind-mindedness as a multidimensional construct: Appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments independently predict infant–mother attachment in a socially diverse sample. Infancy, 17(4), 393-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00087.x

In a socially diverse sample of 206 infant–mother pairs, we investigated predictors of infants’ attachment security at 15 months, with a particular emphasis on mothers’ tendency to comment appropriately or in a non-attuned manner on their 8-month-old... Read More about Mind-mindedness as a multidimensional construct: Appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments independently predict infant–mother attachment in a socially diverse sample.

Verbal mediation of cognition in children with Specific Language Impairment (2012)
Journal Article
Lidstone, J., Meins, E., & Fernyhough, C. (2012). Verbal mediation of cognition in children with Specific Language Impairment. Development and Psychopathology, 24(2), 651-660. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579412000223

Private speech (PS) and inner speech (IS) are thought to be functionally important for children's and adults’ cognition, but they have not been studied systematically in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Participants were 21 children... Read More about Verbal mediation of cognition in children with Specific Language Impairment.

Assessing negative cognitive style: Development and validation of a short-form version of the Cognitive Style Questionnaire (2012)
Journal Article
Meins, E., McCarthy-Jones, S., Fernyhough, C., Lewis, G., Bentall, R., & Alloy, L. (2012). Assessing negative cognitive style: Development and validation of a short-form version of the Cognitive Style Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(5), 581-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.026

The Cognitive Style Questionnaire (CSQ) is a frequently employed measure of negative cognitive style, associated with vulnerability to anxiety and depression. However, the CSQ’s length can limit its utility in research. We describe the development of... Read More about Assessing negative cognitive style: Development and validation of a short-form version of the Cognitive Style Questionnaire.