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Mind-mindedness as a multidimensional construct: Appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments independently predict infant–mother attachment in a socially diverse sample (2012)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind (2011)
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Davis, P., Meins, E., & Fernyhough, C. (2011). Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29(3), 680-686. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835x.2011.02038.x

Relations between interior self-knowledge and (a) imaginary companion (IC) status, and (b) theory of mind abilities were investigated in a sample (N=80) of 4- to 7-year-olds. Interior self-knowledge was assessed in terms of the extent to which childr... Read More about Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind.

Mind-mindedness and maternal responsiveness in infant–mother interactions in mothers with severe mental illness (2010)
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Pawlby, S., Fernyhough, C., Meins, E., Pariante, C., Seneviratne, G., & Bentall, R. (2010). Mind-mindedness and maternal responsiveness in infant–mother interactions in mothers with severe mental illness. Psychological Medicine, 40(11), 1861-1869. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291709992340

Background. Previous cross-diagnosis studies of interaction between mothers with severe mental illness and their babies have concluded that mothers with schizophrenia have deficits in interaction. These studies have failed to include healthy controls... Read More about Mind-mindedness and maternal responsiveness in infant–mother interactions in mothers with severe mental illness.

Young children’s trust in their mothers’ claims: Longitudinal links with attachment security in infancy (2009)
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Corriveau, K., Harris, P., Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Elliott, L., …De Rosnay, M. (2009). Young children’s trust in their mothers’ claims: Longitudinal links with attachment security in infancy. Child Development, 80(3), 750-761. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01295.x

In a longitudinal study of attachment, children (N = 147) aged 50 and 61 months heard their mother and a stranger make conflicting claims. In 2 tasks, the available perceptual cues were equally consistent with either person’s claim but children gener... Read More about Young children’s trust in their mothers’ claims: Longitudinal links with attachment security in infancy.

A new spin on the Wheel of Fortune: Priming of action-authorship judgements and relation to psychosis-like experiences. (2008)
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Jones, S., de-Wit, L., Fernyhough, C., & Meins, E. (2008). A new spin on the Wheel of Fortune: Priming of action-authorship judgements and relation to psychosis-like experiences. Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 576-586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.08.008

The proposal that there is an illusion of conscious will has been supported by findings that priming of stimulus location in a task requiring judgements of action-authorship can enhance participants’ experience of agency. We attempted to replicate fi... Read More about A new spin on the Wheel of Fortune: Priming of action-authorship judgements and relation to psychosis-like experiences..

A threshold approach to understanding the origins of attachment disorganization (2008)
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Bernier, A., & Meins, E. (2008). A threshold approach to understanding the origins of attachment disorganization. Developmental Psychology, 44(4), 969-982. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.969

Disorganized attachment in infancy is known to predict a wide range of maladaptive outcomes, but its origins are poorly understood. Parental lack of resolution concerning loss or trauma has been proposed to result in atypical parenting behaviors, whi... Read More about A threshold approach to understanding the origins of attachment disorganization.

Attachment dimensions and schizotypy in a non-clinical sample. (2008)
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Meins, E., Jones, S., Fernyhough, C., Hurndall, S., & Koronis, P. (2008). Attachment dimensions and schizotypy in a non-clinical sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(4), 1000-1011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.026

Attachment has been proposed to relate to adult psychopathology, although strong evidence for this relation has not been documented. This study investigated peer attachment and parental bonding in relation to schizotypy in healthy adults (N = 154). P... Read More about Attachment dimensions and schizotypy in a non-clinical sample..

A message in the medium? Assessing the reliability of psychopathology e-questionnaires. (2008)
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Jones, S., Fernyhough, C., de-Wit, L., & Meins, E. (2008). A message in the medium? Assessing the reliability of psychopathology e-questionnaires. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(2), 349-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.08.014

Internet-based questionnaires (e-questionnaires) have become widely used in psychopathology research, but there is currently little evidence on their reliability as compared with pen-and-paper equivalents. Data from separate samples of young adults c... Read More about A message in the medium? Assessing the reliability of psychopathology e-questionnaires..

Imaginary companions and young children’s responses to ambiguous auditory stimuli: Implications for typical and atypical development (2007)
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Fernyhough, C., Bland, K., Meins, E., & Coltheart, M. (2007). Imaginary companions and young children’s responses to ambiguous auditory stimuli: Implications for typical and atypical development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(11), 1094-1101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01789.x

Background: Previous research has reported a link between imaginary companions (ICs) in middle childhood and the perception of verbal material in ambiguous auditory stimuli. These findings have been interpreted in terms of commonalities in the cognit... Read More about Imaginary companions and young children’s responses to ambiguous auditory stimuli: Implications for typical and atypical development.

Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2-year-olds (2007)
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Leekam, S., Tandos, J., McConachie, H., Meins, E., Parkinson, K., Wright, C., …Le Couteur, A. (2007). Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2-year-olds. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(11), 1131-1138. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01778.x

Background: Repetitive behaviours are an essential part of the diagnosis of autism but are also commonly seen in typically developing children. The current study investigated the frequency and factor structure of repetitive behaviours in a large comm... Read More about Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2-year-olds.

Preschoolers’ understanding of multiple orientations to reality: The Adjectives task. (2007)
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Meins, E., & Fernyhough, C. (2007). Preschoolers’ understanding of multiple orientations to reality: The Adjectives task. Cognitive Development, 22(2), 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.10.008

Preschoolers’ understanding that an object can be accurately described using two different non-synonymous words was investigated using a task in which children (N = 36) had to judge which of two animals had provided correct adjectival labels for a se... Read More about Preschoolers’ understanding of multiple orientations to reality: The Adjectives task..

Mind-mindedness in children: Individual differences in internal-state talk in middle childhood (2006)
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Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Johnson, F., & Lidstone, J. (2006). Mind-mindedness in children: Individual differences in internal-state talk in middle childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151005x80174

Children's use of internal-state language during 2 tasks (book narration and describing a best friend) was investigated in a sample (N=38) of 7- to 9-year-olds. Proportional use of internal-state talk on the two tasks was highly positively correlated... Read More about Mind-mindedness in children: Individual differences in internal-state talk in middle childhood.

Sociocultural influences on the development of verbal mediation: Private speech and phonological recoding in Saudi Arabian and British samples (2006)
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Al-Namlah, A., Fernyhough, C., & Meins, E. (2006). Sociocultural influences on the development of verbal mediation: Private speech and phonological recoding in Saudi Arabian and British samples. Developmental Psychology, 42(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.42.1.117

Cross-national stability in private speech (PS) and short-term memory was investigated in Saudi Arabian (n = 63) and British (n = 58) 4- to 8-year-olds. Assumed differences in child-adult interaction between the 2 nationality groups led to prediction... Read More about Sociocultural influences on the development of verbal mediation: Private speech and phonological recoding in Saudi Arabian and British samples.

Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness (2003)
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Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Wainwright, R., Clark-Carter, D., Das Gupta, M., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2003). Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness. Child Development, 74(4), 1194-1211. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00601

The construct validity of maternal mind-mindedness (MM) was investigated in the context of its relations with children's later understanding of mind. MM measures were obtained from infant–mother (N=52) interactions at 6 months, and from maternal inte... Read More about Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness.

Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding (2002)
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Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Wainwright, R., Das Gupta, M., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2002). Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding. Child Development, 73(6), 1715-1726. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00501

This study investigated relations between social interaction during infancy and children's subsequent theory of mind (ToM). Infant-mother pairs (N= 57) were observed in a free-play context at 6 months. Interactions were coded for (a) mothers' use of... Read More about Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding.