Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 395-402.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.04.02

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The Associations among Maternal and Grandparents' Mind-mindedness, Mother-Infant Attachment and Infants' Cognition under the Background of Grandmother Co-parenting: A Moderated Mediation Model

KAN Jiaqi1, LIU Siman1, SHI Jiahui1, YAN Qi2, GUO Junbin3, WANG Zhengyan1   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Center for Child Development, Learning and Cognitive Key Laboratory, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048;
    2. Beijing Haidian Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Center for Child Early Development, Beijing 100080;
    3. Beijing No.2 Middle School, Beijing 100025
  • Online:2018-07-15 Published:2018-07-15

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Abstract: The present study constructed a moderated mediation model to examine whether mother-infant attachment mediated the association between maternal mind-mindedness and infants' cognition, and whether this mediating process was moderated by grandparents' mind-mindedness. A total of 37 infants (Mage=18.24 months, SD=3.34) and their mothers as well as grandparents were investigated with Mind-mindedness Coding List, Attachment Q-set, and Bayley Scales of Infant Development Ⅱ.The results indicated that:(1) Mothers' mind-mindedness was positively correlated with mother-infant attachment and infants' cognition. Mother-infant attachment was also positively correlated with infants' cognition. (2) Mother-infant attachment played a mediating role between mothers' mind-mindedness and infants' cognition. In addition, grandparents' mind-mindedness moderated the correlation between mothers' mind-mindedness and mother-infant attachment, wherein mothers' mind-mindedness positively correlated mother-infant attachment with high level of grandparents' mind-mindedness. The present study carried out under the background of China. The results provided evidence to support the impact of the universal phenomenon of co-parenting.

Key words: grandparents, mind-mindedness, mother-infant attachment, infant's cognition

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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