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The practical utility of the Welch Emotional Connection Screen for rating parent-infant relational health.
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies, 2019Co-Authors: Marcus A. Fagan, Amie Ashley Hane, Jasmine N. Lacoursiere, Cynthia A. Frosch, Wendy Middlemiss, Margaret Tresch Owen, Martha G. WelchAbstract:Emotional Connection (EC) measured by the Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS) was related to the Parent-Infant Interaction Rating System (PIIRS), a 5-point adaptation of the rating system developed for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999, Developmental Psychology, 35, 1399). Parent-infant dyads (n = 49 mothers; 43 fathers) were videotaped during face-to-face interaction at infant age 6 months; interactions were coded with both the WECS and PIIRS. At age 3, mothers completed the Child Behavior Checklist. WECS ratings of EC were associated with PIIRS rating items for both mother-infant and father-infant dyads. Mother-infant EC related positively to maternal sensitivity and positive regard for child, child positive mood and sustained attention, and dyadic mutuality, and negatively with maternal intrusiveness. Father-infant EC related positively to fathers' positive regard for child, child positive mood and sustained attention, and dyadic mutuality. Mother-infant EC predicted child behavior problems at age 3 better than mother-infant PIIRS ratings of dyadic mutuality. With fathers, neither EC nor dyadic mutuality ratings predicted mother-reported child behavior problems. Findings highlight the practical utility of the WECS for identifying potentially at-risk dyads and supporting early relational health.
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Darwin's Other Dilemmas and the Theoretical Roots of Emotional Connection.
Frontiers in psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Robert J. Ludwig, Martha G. WelchAbstract:Modern scientific theories of Emotional behavior, almost without exception, trace their origin to Charles Darwin, and his publications On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). The most famous dilemma Darwin acknowledged as a challenge to his theory of evolution through natural selection was the incomplete Sub-Cambrian fossil record. However, Darwin struggled with two other rarely referenced theoretical and scientific dilemmas that confounded his theories about Emotional behavior. These included (1) the origin of social instincts (e.g., altruism, empathy, reciprocity and cooperation) and the reasons for their conservation in evolution and (2) the peripheral control of heart rate vis-a-vis Emotional behavior outside of consciousness. Darwin acknowledged that social instincts are critical to the survival of some species, but had difficulty aligning them with his theory of natural selection in humans. Darwin eventually proposed that heart rate and emotions are controlled via one's intellect and cortical mechanisms, and that instinctive behavior is genetically programmed and inherited. Despite ongoing efforts, these two theoretical dilemmas are debated to this day. Simple testable hypotheses have yet to emerge for the biological mechanisms underlying instinctive behavior or the way heart rate is controlled in infants. In this paper, we review attempts to resolve these issues over the past 160 years. We posit that research and theories that supported Darwin's individualistic brain-centric and genetic model have become an "orthodox" Western view of Emotional behavior, one that produced the prevailing behavioral construct of attachment as developed by John Bowlby. We trace research and theories that challenged this orthodoxy at various times, and show how these challenges were repeatedly overlooked, rejected, or misinterpreted. We review two new testable theories, Emotional Connection theory and calming cycle theory, which we argue resolve the two dilemmas We show emerging scientific evidence from physiology and a wide variety of other fields, as well from clinical trials among prematurely born infants, that supports the two theories. Clinical implications of the new theories and possible new ways to assess risk and intervene in Emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders are discussed.
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Validation study showed that ratings on the Welch Emotional Connection Screen at infant age six months are associated with child behavioural problems at age three years.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo Norway : 1992), 2019Co-Authors: Cynthia A. Frosch, Amie Ashley Hane, Marcus A. Fagan, Mark A. Lopez, Wendy Middlemiss, Mei Chang, Martha G. WelchAbstract:AIM The Emotional Connection between mothers and infants born preterm has been associated with positive behaviour. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal association between Emotional Connection at six months of age and behavioural problems at three years. METHODS This study was carried out by the University of North Texas, USA and comprised 49 mothers and infants from a longitudinal investigation of family interaction and infant development conducted in 1994-1997. Face-to-face interaction and toy-based play were videotaped and coded at six months of age using the Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS), a brief screening tool for relational health. When the children were three years of age, the mothers reported on child behavioural problems. RESULTS The children from dyads that were rated as Emotionally connected at six months of age had fewer externalising and internalising behavioural problems at the age of three. No links were found between Emotional Connection during toy-based play at six months and later child behavioural problems. CONCLUSION We showed that when the WECS was used at six months of age it was a promising and valid relational screening tool for infants at risk of adverse behavioural outcomes at the age of three.
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The Welch Emotional Connection Screen: validation of a brief mother-infant relational health screen.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo Norway : 1992), 2018Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Jasmine N. Lacoursiere, Mai Mitsuyama, Sarah Wieman, Robert J. Ludwig, Katie Y. Kwon, Joy V. Browne, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Martha G. WelchAbstract:AIM The Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS), assesses mother-infant Emotional Connection in clinical settings. It includes: Attraction, Vocal Communication, Facial Communication, Sensitivity/Reciprocity and clinical decision of Emotional Connection (yes/no). We tested concurrent and construct validity of the WECS and associations with behavioural and physiological measures in preterm infants. METHODS Videos from 76 mothers-infants (gestational age 36 weeks) during an in-NICU caregiving paradigm were coded for maternal caregiving behaviour. Videos of mothers-infants were also obtained at 4 months during 10 minutes of face-to-face play (coded with WECS and for maternal positivity and infant social engagement) and the still-face paradigm (coded for infant behavioural approach towards mother; infant electrocardiogram acquired in vivo). RESULTS WECS maternal scores were positively associated with maternal sensitivity and quality of vocal contact at 36 weeks (caregiving) and maternal positivity at 4 months (face-to-face). WECS infant scores positively correlated with infant social engagement and maternal positivity during face-to-face interactions at 4 months. Infants from Emotionally not connected dyads (vs. Emotionally connected dyads) displayed autonomic dysregulation and less approach-seeking behaviour towards mother during interactive/play sessions of the still-face paradigm. CONCLUSION This preliminary evidence supports the WECS as a valid screen for rating mother-preterm infant Emotional Connection associated with healthier infant biobehavioural stress responding.
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family nurture intervention improves the quality of maternal caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2015Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Robert J. Ludwig, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Myron A Hofer, Meeka S Halperin, Sara B Glickstein, Martha G. WelchAbstract:ABSTRACT:Objective:This study assessed the impact of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) on the quality of maternal caregiving behavior (MCB) while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). FNI is a randomized controlled trial conducted in a high-acuity NICU to facilitate an Emotional Connection bet
Amie Ashley Hane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The practical utility of the Welch Emotional Connection Screen for rating parent-infant relational health.
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies, 2019Co-Authors: Marcus A. Fagan, Amie Ashley Hane, Jasmine N. Lacoursiere, Cynthia A. Frosch, Wendy Middlemiss, Margaret Tresch Owen, Martha G. WelchAbstract:Emotional Connection (EC) measured by the Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS) was related to the Parent-Infant Interaction Rating System (PIIRS), a 5-point adaptation of the rating system developed for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999, Developmental Psychology, 35, 1399). Parent-infant dyads (n = 49 mothers; 43 fathers) were videotaped during face-to-face interaction at infant age 6 months; interactions were coded with both the WECS and PIIRS. At age 3, mothers completed the Child Behavior Checklist. WECS ratings of EC were associated with PIIRS rating items for both mother-infant and father-infant dyads. Mother-infant EC related positively to maternal sensitivity and positive regard for child, child positive mood and sustained attention, and dyadic mutuality, and negatively with maternal intrusiveness. Father-infant EC related positively to fathers' positive regard for child, child positive mood and sustained attention, and dyadic mutuality. Mother-infant EC predicted child behavior problems at age 3 better than mother-infant PIIRS ratings of dyadic mutuality. With fathers, neither EC nor dyadic mutuality ratings predicted mother-reported child behavior problems. Findings highlight the practical utility of the WECS for identifying potentially at-risk dyads and supporting early relational health.
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Validation study showed that ratings on the Welch Emotional Connection Screen at infant age six months are associated with child behavioural problems at age three years.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo Norway : 1992), 2019Co-Authors: Cynthia A. Frosch, Amie Ashley Hane, Marcus A. Fagan, Mark A. Lopez, Wendy Middlemiss, Mei Chang, Martha G. WelchAbstract:AIM The Emotional Connection between mothers and infants born preterm has been associated with positive behaviour. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal association between Emotional Connection at six months of age and behavioural problems at three years. METHODS This study was carried out by the University of North Texas, USA and comprised 49 mothers and infants from a longitudinal investigation of family interaction and infant development conducted in 1994-1997. Face-to-face interaction and toy-based play were videotaped and coded at six months of age using the Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS), a brief screening tool for relational health. When the children were three years of age, the mothers reported on child behavioural problems. RESULTS The children from dyads that were rated as Emotionally connected at six months of age had fewer externalising and internalising behavioural problems at the age of three. No links were found between Emotional Connection during toy-based play at six months and later child behavioural problems. CONCLUSION We showed that when the WECS was used at six months of age it was a promising and valid relational screening tool for infants at risk of adverse behavioural outcomes at the age of three.
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The Welch Emotional Connection Screen: validation of a brief mother-infant relational health screen.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo Norway : 1992), 2018Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Jasmine N. Lacoursiere, Mai Mitsuyama, Sarah Wieman, Robert J. Ludwig, Katie Y. Kwon, Joy V. Browne, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Martha G. WelchAbstract:AIM The Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS), assesses mother-infant Emotional Connection in clinical settings. It includes: Attraction, Vocal Communication, Facial Communication, Sensitivity/Reciprocity and clinical decision of Emotional Connection (yes/no). We tested concurrent and construct validity of the WECS and associations with behavioural and physiological measures in preterm infants. METHODS Videos from 76 mothers-infants (gestational age 36 weeks) during an in-NICU caregiving paradigm were coded for maternal caregiving behaviour. Videos of mothers-infants were also obtained at 4 months during 10 minutes of face-to-face play (coded with WECS and for maternal positivity and infant social engagement) and the still-face paradigm (coded for infant behavioural approach towards mother; infant electrocardiogram acquired in vivo). RESULTS WECS maternal scores were positively associated with maternal sensitivity and quality of vocal contact at 36 weeks (caregiving) and maternal positivity at 4 months (face-to-face). WECS infant scores positively correlated with infant social engagement and maternal positivity during face-to-face interactions at 4 months. Infants from Emotionally not connected dyads (vs. Emotionally connected dyads) displayed autonomic dysregulation and less approach-seeking behaviour towards mother during interactive/play sessions of the still-face paradigm. CONCLUSION This preliminary evidence supports the WECS as a valid screen for rating mother-preterm infant Emotional Connection associated with healthier infant biobehavioural stress responding.
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family nurture intervention improves the quality of maternal caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2015Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Robert J. Ludwig, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Myron A Hofer, Meeka S Halperin, Sara B Glickstein, Martha G. WelchAbstract:ABSTRACT:Objective:This study assessed the impact of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) on the quality of maternal caregiving behavior (MCB) while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). FNI is a randomized controlled trial conducted in a high-acuity NICU to facilitate an Emotional Connection bet
Daniel Francisco García Rosales - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Neuromarketing as an Emotional Connection Tool Between Organizations and Audiences in Social Networks. A Theoretical Review.
Frontiers in psychology, 2020Co-Authors: Natalia Abuín Vences, Jesús Díaz-campo, Daniel Francisco García RosalesAbstract:Currently, there is an important debate on how social networks have affected relations between organizations and their audiences: originally complementary -since organizations had full control over the messages that they sent to users, who were mere consumers of information-, they are now symmetric -since users produce and disseminate information about organizations on a global scale through social media-. Therefore, one of the main concerns of organizations when investing in social networks is to connect with their target audience, to have virality, greater visibility and scope. Likewise, neuromarketing is gaining significant importance when it comes to predicting user behavior through biometric measurements, so it can be an essential tool for developing content that engages organizations and their audiences. The main objective of this work is to conduct a theoretical review of the main scientific research on the effectiveness of neuromarketing as a tool to improve the Emotional Connection between organizations and users in social networks. Thus, the scientific literature on the object under study available on the Web Of Science has been extensively reviewed. The results of the analysis of the main researches in this field reveal the importance of neuromarketing: some of them agree that the communicative effectiveness between organizations and audiences in social networks depends more on sociology and psychology than on technology itself. Neuromarketing has also allowed to demonstrate the relevance of the so-called social influence in social networks: users tend to imitate the behaviors of others, under the premise that these actions reflect the appropriate procedure. That is, when a user sees that others in their environment comment or share a post, they tend to replicate that action in order to avoid the fear of being the only one who behaves differently.
Robert J. Ludwig - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Darwin's Other Dilemmas and the Theoretical Roots of Emotional Connection.
Frontiers in psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Robert J. Ludwig, Martha G. WelchAbstract:Modern scientific theories of Emotional behavior, almost without exception, trace their origin to Charles Darwin, and his publications On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). The most famous dilemma Darwin acknowledged as a challenge to his theory of evolution through natural selection was the incomplete Sub-Cambrian fossil record. However, Darwin struggled with two other rarely referenced theoretical and scientific dilemmas that confounded his theories about Emotional behavior. These included (1) the origin of social instincts (e.g., altruism, empathy, reciprocity and cooperation) and the reasons for their conservation in evolution and (2) the peripheral control of heart rate vis-a-vis Emotional behavior outside of consciousness. Darwin acknowledged that social instincts are critical to the survival of some species, but had difficulty aligning them with his theory of natural selection in humans. Darwin eventually proposed that heart rate and emotions are controlled via one's intellect and cortical mechanisms, and that instinctive behavior is genetically programmed and inherited. Despite ongoing efforts, these two theoretical dilemmas are debated to this day. Simple testable hypotheses have yet to emerge for the biological mechanisms underlying instinctive behavior or the way heart rate is controlled in infants. In this paper, we review attempts to resolve these issues over the past 160 years. We posit that research and theories that supported Darwin's individualistic brain-centric and genetic model have become an "orthodox" Western view of Emotional behavior, one that produced the prevailing behavioral construct of attachment as developed by John Bowlby. We trace research and theories that challenged this orthodoxy at various times, and show how these challenges were repeatedly overlooked, rejected, or misinterpreted. We review two new testable theories, Emotional Connection theory and calming cycle theory, which we argue resolve the two dilemmas We show emerging scientific evidence from physiology and a wide variety of other fields, as well from clinical trials among prematurely born infants, that supports the two theories. Clinical implications of the new theories and possible new ways to assess risk and intervene in Emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders are discussed.
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The Welch Emotional Connection Screen: validation of a brief mother-infant relational health screen.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo Norway : 1992), 2018Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Jasmine N. Lacoursiere, Mai Mitsuyama, Sarah Wieman, Robert J. Ludwig, Katie Y. Kwon, Joy V. Browne, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Martha G. WelchAbstract:AIM The Welch Emotional Connection Screen (WECS), assesses mother-infant Emotional Connection in clinical settings. It includes: Attraction, Vocal Communication, Facial Communication, Sensitivity/Reciprocity and clinical decision of Emotional Connection (yes/no). We tested concurrent and construct validity of the WECS and associations with behavioural and physiological measures in preterm infants. METHODS Videos from 76 mothers-infants (gestational age 36 weeks) during an in-NICU caregiving paradigm were coded for maternal caregiving behaviour. Videos of mothers-infants were also obtained at 4 months during 10 minutes of face-to-face play (coded with WECS and for maternal positivity and infant social engagement) and the still-face paradigm (coded for infant behavioural approach towards mother; infant electrocardiogram acquired in vivo). RESULTS WECS maternal scores were positively associated with maternal sensitivity and quality of vocal contact at 36 weeks (caregiving) and maternal positivity at 4 months (face-to-face). WECS infant scores positively correlated with infant social engagement and maternal positivity during face-to-face interactions at 4 months. Infants from Emotionally not connected dyads (vs. Emotionally connected dyads) displayed autonomic dysregulation and less approach-seeking behaviour towards mother during interactive/play sessions of the still-face paradigm. CONCLUSION This preliminary evidence supports the WECS as a valid screen for rating mother-preterm infant Emotional Connection associated with healthier infant biobehavioural stress responding.
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family nurture intervention improves the quality of maternal caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2015Co-Authors: Amie Ashley Hane, Robert J. Ludwig, Judy Austin, Michael M. Myers, Myron A Hofer, Meeka S Halperin, Sara B Glickstein, Martha G. WelchAbstract:ABSTRACT:Objective:This study assessed the impact of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) on the quality of maternal caregiving behavior (MCB) while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). FNI is a randomized controlled trial conducted in a high-acuity NICU to facilitate an Emotional Connection bet
David W Mcmillan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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validation of a brief sense of community scale confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community
Journal of Community Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Andrew N Peterson, Paul W Speer, David W McmillanAbstract:First-order and second-order models of sense of community (SOC) were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of data gathered from a random sample of community residents (n=293) located in the midwestern United States. An 8-item Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) was developed to represent the SOC dimensions of needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and shared Emotional Connection. The CFA results for the BSCS supported both the scale's hypothesized first-order and second-order factor structure. The overall BSCS scale and its subscales were also found to be correlated as expected with community participation, psychological empowerment, mental health, and depression. Findings provide empirical support for the BSCS and its underlying multidimensional theory of SOC. Implications of the study are described and directions for future research discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.