Browsing by Author "Pia Santelices, Maria"

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    Adult Sensitivity Assessment in Interaction with 6-36 Months old Children: Design and Preliminary Analyses of Adult Sensitivity Scale
    (SOCIEDAD CHILENA PSICOLOGIA CLINICA, 2012) Pia Santelices, Maria; Carvacho, Claudia; Farkas, Chamarrita; Leon, Francisca; Galleguillos, Francisca; Himmel, Erika
    The adult sensitivity has been extensively studied in early childhood, for it is associated with a secure attachment bond with the child. Different sensitivity measuring instruments have been developed, primarily through observational methods. Most of them require extensive training or a complex experimental s setting. The aim of this study is to develop a new instrument to assess sensitivity in adult caretaker of children aged 6 to 36 months, with few requirements for its use. The context of measurement involved a brief free-play interaction, which is filmed and encoded. The instrument was applied to a sample of 99 significant adult-child dyads and the videos analyzed with a rubric for each sensitivity indicator. Results show that the instrument has adequate psychometric properties and can be used in different familiar, educational or institutional contexts.
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    Building infant-mother attachment: the relationship between attachment style, socio-emotional well-being and maternal representations
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2010) Eugenia Araneda, Maria; Pia Santelices, Maria; Farkas, Chamarrita
    The pilot study explored differences in maternal representations between primiparous pregnant woman with different attachment styles and different levels of socio-emotional well-being. The sample included 55 pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 38, between 4 and 7 months pregnant. Representations were assessed using the 'R' Interview, attachment styles using the CaMir, and socio-emotional well-being using the OQ-45.2. According to the results, prenatal representation of own mother-as-mother may be significantly related with pregnant women's attachment experiences, but this representation may not be significantly related to the woman's prenatal socio-emotional well-being. On the other hand, representation of the child and self-as-mother may not be significantly related to attachment experiences, but rather with prenatal socio-emotional well-being. This implies that the prenatal socio-emotional context plays a great role as a protective factor with respect to the representations of the child and self-as-mother and, therefore, has strong implications for the future mother-infant attachment and child development, which is very relevant in terms of prevention of attachment difficulties.
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    Children's storybooks as a source of mental state references: Comparison between books from Chile, Colombia, Scotland and USA
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2020) Farkas, Chamarrita; Pia Santelices, Maria; Vallotton, Claire D.; Brophy Herb, Holly E.; Iglesias, Manuela; Sieverson, Catalina; del Pilar Cuellar, Maria; Alvarez, Carolina
    Children's storybooks may be considered as an important resource for young children to learn about different mental states (emotions, desires, cognitions); however, mental states represented in stories vary, and may vary across cultures. This study investigates preschoolers' storybooks from Chile, Colombia, Scotland, and the USA to test similarities and differences in rates and types of mental references. The texts in 160 children's storybooks (40 per country) were coded. Results showed similarities between countries in the references to desires, psychological states, and physical expressions. Differences between countries were observed, where Chilean books contained more references to cognitions, mood states, and causal talk compared with USA books, and more references to emotions and causal talk compared with Scottish books. Also, Colombian books had more references to emotions and causal talk compared with Scotland and USA books, and more references to physiological states compared with Chilean and Scottish books. Finally, USA books contained more references to perceptions in comparison to Colombian and Scottish books. Similarities were identified between Chilean and Colombian books, and between Scotland and USA books, and more differences between South American books (Chile, Colombia) and those from Scotland and the USA.
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    THE TRIANGLE FATHER-MOTHER-INFANT: EVALUATION OF FAMILY ALLIANCES THROUGH THE LAUSANNE TRIALOGUE PLAY, ADHERENCE AND LEVELS OF PARENTAL DEPRESSION
    (RAFFLES CONNECT PTE LTD, 2013) Olhaberry, Marcia; Pia Santelices, Maria; Schwinn, Lisa; Cierpka, Manfred
    In the last decade a new dimension of analysis of the early bonds has risen changing the focus from the dyad to the triad, including the father in the family setting of the intersubjectivity. We performed a cross-sectional study of 10 Chilean families with their first child, aged between 3 and 11 months. Triadic family functioning and family alliances are evaluated, as well as security or insecurity in the pattern of parental attachment and levels of depressive symptoms. The results show a higher frequency of secure bonds in mothers and fathers of families that show cooperative alliances, as well as lower levels of parental depressive symptoms in this group.