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Mata López, Cecil; Santelices Álvarez, María Pía; Vergés Gómez, Alvaro – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Caregivers' mentalization has gained importance in recent years, but most studies only include parental figures. Given empirical evidence showing the importance of educators in the development of preschoolers, this paper aims to assess how the mentalization and stress levels of parents and educational staff are related to attachment, ToM and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Attachment Behavior, Preschool Teachers, Child Development
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Farkas, Chamarrita; Strasser, Katherine; Badilla, María Gabriela; Santelices, María Pía – Early Education and Development, 2017
Parental mentalizing, which is the capacity to understand behavior in terms of mental states and to reflect this back to a child through speech, is a key construct in child development. Adults with high mentalization promote children's secure attachment, mentalization and self-regulation. This study describes this competency in a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship, Security (Psychology)