Daphne Blunt Bugental
Biographic Data
| ID | 1661833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daphne Blunt Bugental |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daphne Blunt |
| FAMILY NAME | Bugental |
| SIGNATURE | BUGENTAL D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 214 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Maternal Investment
Low Birthweight and Preterm Infants
Life stage-specific” variations in performance in response to age stereotypes
In a test of life stage-specific responses to age-based stigma, older (n = 54, ages 62-92) and younger (n = 81, ages 17-22) adults were told that a task (Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-III block design) required either (a) speed/contemporary knowledge (YA; "youth advantage") or (b) life experience/wisdom (OA; "age advantage"). In order to investigate the role of individuals' own perceptual biases in response to age-based stigma, participants a…
Adaptive calibration of children's physiological responses to family stress: The utility of evolutionary developmental theory: Comment on Del Giudice et al. (2012) and Sturge-Apple et al. (2012)
Children's physiological reactions to stress are presented from the broader theoretical perspective of adaptive calibration to the environment, as rooted in life history theory. Del Giudice, Hinnant, Ellis, and El-Sheikh (2012) focus on children's physiological responses to a stressful task as a consequence of their history of family stress. Sturge-Apple, Davies, Martin, Cicchetti, and Hentges (2012) focus on the ways that children respond to a n…
Preventing children's aggression: Outcomes of an early intervention
Mothers of medically at-risk infants were randomly assigned to a Healthy Start intervention (HV) or a cognitive reframing intervention (HV+). Outcome measures were taken at the conclusion of the intervention (1 year) and at the 3-year follow-up visit. At age 3, children in the HV+ condition (in comparison with those in the HV condition) showed fewer aggression problems (as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist). Maternal emotional unavailabili…
Sex differences in response to coalitional threat
A cognitive approach to child mistreatment prevention among medically at-risk infants
The authors assessed the effectiveness of a home visitation program in enhancing the early parenting history of infants born at medical risk--a population that is at risk for mistreatment. A randomized clinical trial design was used to compare the effects of a cognitively based extension of the Healthy Start home visitation program (HV+) with a visitation condition that did not include this component (HV). In the HV+ condition, they observed (a) …
Contingent parental investment: An evolutionary framework for understanding early interaction between mothers and children
Domain-specific responses to power-based interaction
Ageism: A Review of Research and Policy Implications
The current literature on aging and ageism is summarized in support of a theoretical perspective that includes both the biological and the psychosocial components of these processes. Conceptual and methodological problems are identified in models that rely on a deficit approach to aging. We suggest that the biased responses of others foster older adults' stress‐related emotional and hormonal responses—responses that may effectively reduce their s…
Thriving in the Face of Early Adversity
Integrating theories drawn from biological, social, and developmental perspectives, Bugental's program of research tracked the outcomes experienced by children born with medical or physical disorders. At risk children who experienced harsh parenting manifested a low ability to cope with stress (e.g., they showed cortisol hyper‐reactivity and low habituation). In contrast, at risk children who experienced supportive parenting showed adaptive hormo…
Predicting Infant Maltreatment in Low-Income Families: The Interactive Effects of Maternal Attributions and Child Status at Birth
Maternal attributions and child neonatal status at birth were assessed as predictors of infant maltreatment (harsh parenting and safety neglect). The population included low-income, low-education families who were primarily Hispanic. Child maltreatment during the 1st year of life (N = 73) was predicted by neonatal status (low Apgar scores, preterm status), as moderated by mothers' attributions. The highest levels of maltreatment were shown within…
Parental and Child Cognitions in the Context of the Family
Parent and child family-related cognitions are reviewed with respect to (a) their origins, (b) their linkage to affect and behavior, (c) their transmission and perpetuation, (d) their alteration on the basis of first-hand experience, and (e) their collaborative negotiation and renegotiation. A distinction is offered between the functioning of implicit, relatively unaware, schematic cognitions and relatively aware, explicit, event-dependent cognit…
Acquisition of the algorithms of social life: A domain-based approach
Proposing that the algorithms of social life are acquired as a domain-based process, the author offers distinctions between social domains preparing the individual for proximity-maintenance within a protective relationship (attachment domain), use and recognition of social dominance (hierarchical power domain), identification and maintenance of the lines dividing "us" and "them" (coalitional group domain), negotiation of matched benefits with fun…
The Paradoxical Misuse of Power by Those Who See Themselves as Powerless: How Does It Happen
Consideration is given to the paradoxical misuse of power by those who perceive themselves as powerless. A general model is presented to account for the coercive response style often shown by adults with low perceived power when they are placed in a position of authority (e.g., as parents or teachers). Specific hypotheses are tested here concerning control‐oriented cognitive activity and speech patterns shown by “powerless” adults when their auth…
In charge but not in control: The management of teaching relationships by adults with low perceived power
The paradoxical use of punitive force by adults with low perceived power was explored in teaching interactions. Punitive force was measured by the intensity of physical effort used in operating controls that displayed negative feedback to child trainees. Women who differed in perceived power were assigned to (a) situations in which they had high, low, or ambiguous control and (b) responsive, unresponsive, or ambiguously responsive children. Women…
Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent-child relationships
Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent–child relationships
The accessibility of dominance ideation (as opposed to other types of ideation) was measured among parents with high or low perceived power as caregivers. Parents made comparative judgments of self versus child under concurrent memory load or no-load conditions. As predicted, dominance comparisons were found to be highly accessible for low-power parents; that is, attentional load served to increase response latencies in all conditions except thos…
Communication in Abusive Relationships: Cognitive Constructions of Interpersonal Power
Social cognitions as organizers of autonomic and affective responses to social challenge
Autonomic and affective responses to children were assessed as a function of adult perceptions of interpersonal control. Women (N = 160) interacted with and provided feedback to computer-simulated children who "behaved" responsively or unresponsively on a computer game. Women were categorized as low in perceived control (PC) if they attributed high control to children but low control to self over negative events on the Parent Attribution Test. As…
Children's affective responses to the expressive cues of others
Childrens' affective reactions to others' emotionally expressive cues change with development and individual variation in children's resources to cope with the situation
Caregiver beliefs and dysphoric affect directed to difficult children
Etude portant sur des enfants evalues par leur mere comme etant des enfants faciles ou difficiles et sur leur interaction avec des meres inconnus d'eux
Perceived control over caregiving outcomes: Implications for child abuse
Deux etudes mettent a l'epreuve l'existence d'un lien entre la perception d'un controle faible de la part des meres, l'existence d'un mode d'education coercitif et les reactions affectives face aux enfants «difficiles»
Attributions as moderators of affective and behavioral responses to social failure
Effects of induced moods on voice affect
Perceived control over caregiving outcomes: Implications for child abuse
Deux etudes mettent a l'epreuve l'existence d'un lien entre la perception d'un controle faible de la part des meres, l'existence d'un mode d'education coercitif et les reactions affectives face aux enfants «difficiles»
Caregiver beliefs and dysphoric affect directed to difficult children
Etude portant sur des enfants evalues par leur mere comme etant des enfants faciles ou difficiles et sur leur interaction avec des meres inconnus d'eux
Predicting Infant Maltreatment in Low-Income Families: The Interactive Effects of Maternal Attributions and Child Status at Birth
Maternal attributions and child neonatal status at birth were assessed as predictors of infant maltreatment (harsh parenting and safety neglect). The population included low-income, low-education families who were primarily Hispanic. Child maltreatment during the 1st year of life (N = 73) was predicted by neonatal status (low Apgar scores, preterm status), as moderated by mothers' attributions. The highest levels of maltreatment were shown within…
Acquisition of the algorithms of social life: A domain-based approach
Proposing that the algorithms of social life are acquired as a domain-based process, the author offers distinctions between social domains preparing the individual for proximity-maintenance within a protective relationship (attachment domain), use and recognition of social dominance (hierarchical power domain), identification and maintenance of the lines dividing "us" and "them" (coalitional group domain), negotiation of matched benefits with fun…
In charge but not in control: The management of teaching relationships by adults with low perceived power
The paradoxical use of punitive force by adults with low perceived power was explored in teaching interactions. Punitive force was measured by the intensity of physical effort used in operating controls that displayed negative feedback to child trainees. Women who differed in perceived power were assigned to (a) situations in which they had high, low, or ambiguous control and (b) responsive, unresponsive, or ambiguously responsive children. Women…
Social cognitions as organizers of autonomic and affective responses to social challenge
Autonomic and affective responses to children were assessed as a function of adult perceptions of interpersonal control. Women (N = 160) interacted with and provided feedback to computer-simulated children who "behaved" responsively or unresponsively on a computer game. Women were categorized as low in perceived control (PC) if they attributed high control to children but low control to self over negative events on the Parent Attribution Test. As…
The Paradoxical Misuse of Power by Those Who See Themselves as Powerless: How Does It Happen
Consideration is given to the paradoxical misuse of power by those who perceive themselves as powerless. A general model is presented to account for the coercive response style often shown by adults with low perceived power when they are placed in a position of authority (e.g., as parents or teachers). Specific hypotheses are tested here concerning control‐oriented cognitive activity and speech patterns shown by “powerless” adults when their auth…
Attributional antecedents of verbal and vocal assertiveness
A cognitive approach to child mistreatment prevention among medically at-risk infants
The authors assessed the effectiveness of a home visitation program in enhancing the early parenting history of infants born at medical risk--a population that is at risk for mistreatment. A randomized clinical trial design was used to compare the effects of a cognitively based extension of the Healthy Start home visitation program (HV+) with a visitation condition that did not include this component (HV). In the HV+ condition, they observed (a) …
Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent–child relationships
The accessibility of dominance ideation (as opposed to other types of ideation) was measured among parents with high or low perceived power as caregivers. Parents made comparative judgments of self versus child under concurrent memory load or no-load conditions. As predicted, dominance comparisons were found to be highly accessible for low-power parents; that is, attentional load served to increase response latencies in all conditions except thos…
Attributions as moderators of affective and behavioral responses to social failure
Life stage-specific” variations in performance in response to age stereotypes
In a test of life stage-specific responses to age-based stigma, older (n = 54, ages 62-92) and younger (n = 81, ages 17-22) adults were told that a task (Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-III block design) required either (a) speed/contemporary knowledge (YA; "youth advantage") or (b) life experience/wisdom (OA; "age advantage"). In order to investigate the role of individuals' own perceptual biases in response to age-based stigma, participants a…
Thriving in the Face of Early Adversity
Integrating theories drawn from biological, social, and developmental perspectives, Bugental's program of research tracked the outcomes experienced by children born with medical or physical disorders. At risk children who experienced harsh parenting manifested a low ability to cope with stress (e.g., they showed cortisol hyper‐reactivity and low habituation). In contrast, at risk children who experienced supportive parenting showed adaptive hormo…
Preventing children's aggression: Outcomes of an early intervention
Mothers of medically at-risk infants were randomly assigned to a Healthy Start intervention (HV) or a cognitive reframing intervention (HV+). Outcome measures were taken at the conclusion of the intervention (1 year) and at the 3-year follow-up visit. At age 3, children in the HV+ condition (in comparison with those in the HV condition) showed fewer aggression problems (as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist). Maternal emotional unavailabili…
Effects of induced moods on voice affect
Attributional antecedents of verbal and vocal assertiveness
Effects of induced moods on voice affect
Attributions as moderators of affective and behavioral responses to social failure
Perceived control over caregiving outcomes: Implications for child abuse
Deux etudes mettent a l'epreuve l'existence d'un lien entre la perception d'un controle faible de la part des meres, l'existence d'un mode d'education coercitif et les reactions affectives face aux enfants «difficiles»
Caregiver beliefs and dysphoric affect directed to difficult children
Etude portant sur des enfants evalues par leur mere comme etant des enfants faciles ou difficiles et sur leur interaction avec des meres inconnus d'eux
Children's affective responses to the expressive cues of others
Childrens' affective reactions to others' emotionally expressive cues change with development and individual variation in children's resources to cope with the situation
Communication in Abusive Relationships: Cognitive Constructions of Interpersonal Power
Social cognitions as organizers of autonomic and affective responses to social challenge
Autonomic and affective responses to children were assessed as a function of adult perceptions of interpersonal control. Women (N = 160) interacted with and provided feedback to computer-simulated children who "behaved" responsively or unresponsively on a computer game. Women were categorized as low in perceived control (PC) if they attributed high control to children but low control to self over negative events on the Parent Attribution Test. As…
Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent-child relationships
Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent–child relationships
The accessibility of dominance ideation (as opposed to other types of ideation) was measured among parents with high or low perceived power as caregivers. Parents made comparative judgments of self versus child under concurrent memory load or no-load conditions. As predicted, dominance comparisons were found to be highly accessible for low-power parents; that is, attentional load served to increase response latencies in all conditions except thos…
The Paradoxical Misuse of Power by Those Who See Themselves as Powerless: How Does It Happen
Consideration is given to the paradoxical misuse of power by those who perceive themselves as powerless. A general model is presented to account for the coercive response style often shown by adults with low perceived power when they are placed in a position of authority (e.g., as parents or teachers). Specific hypotheses are tested here concerning control‐oriented cognitive activity and speech patterns shown by “powerless” adults when their auth…
In charge but not in control: The management of teaching relationships by adults with low perceived power
The paradoxical use of punitive force by adults with low perceived power was explored in teaching interactions. Punitive force was measured by the intensity of physical effort used in operating controls that displayed negative feedback to child trainees. Women who differed in perceived power were assigned to (a) situations in which they had high, low, or ambiguous control and (b) responsive, unresponsive, or ambiguously responsive children. Women…
Parental and Child Cognitions in the Context of the Family
Parent and child family-related cognitions are reviewed with respect to (a) their origins, (b) their linkage to affect and behavior, (c) their transmission and perpetuation, (d) their alteration on the basis of first-hand experience, and (e) their collaborative negotiation and renegotiation. A distinction is offered between the functioning of implicit, relatively unaware, schematic cognitions and relatively aware, explicit, event-dependent cognit…
Acquisition of the algorithms of social life: A domain-based approach
Proposing that the algorithms of social life are acquired as a domain-based process, the author offers distinctions between social domains preparing the individual for proximity-maintenance within a protective relationship (attachment domain), use and recognition of social dominance (hierarchical power domain), identification and maintenance of the lines dividing "us" and "them" (coalitional group domain), negotiation of matched benefits with fun…
Thriving in the Face of Early Adversity
Integrating theories drawn from biological, social, and developmental perspectives, Bugental's program of research tracked the outcomes experienced by children born with medical or physical disorders. At risk children who experienced harsh parenting manifested a low ability to cope with stress (e.g., they showed cortisol hyper‐reactivity and low habituation). In contrast, at risk children who experienced supportive parenting showed adaptive hormo…
Predicting Infant Maltreatment in Low-Income Families: The Interactive Effects of Maternal Attributions and Child Status at Birth
Maternal attributions and child neonatal status at birth were assessed as predictors of infant maltreatment (harsh parenting and safety neglect). The population included low-income, low-education families who were primarily Hispanic. Child maltreatment during the 1st year of life (N = 73) was predicted by neonatal status (low Apgar scores, preterm status), as moderated by mothers' attributions. The highest levels of maltreatment were shown within…
Ageism: A Review of Research and Policy Implications
The current literature on aging and ageism is summarized in support of a theoretical perspective that includes both the biological and the psychosocial components of these processes. Conceptual and methodological problems are identified in models that rely on a deficit approach to aging. We suggest that the biased responses of others foster older adults' stress‐related emotional and hormonal responses—responses that may effectively reduce their s…
Contingent parental investment: An evolutionary framework for understanding early interaction between mothers and children
Domain-specific responses to power-based interaction
Sex differences in response to coalitional threat
A cognitive approach to child mistreatment prevention among medically at-risk infants
The authors assessed the effectiveness of a home visitation program in enhancing the early parenting history of infants born at medical risk--a population that is at risk for mistreatment. A randomized clinical trial design was used to compare the effects of a cognitively based extension of the Healthy Start home visitation program (HV+) with a visitation condition that did not include this component (HV). In the HV+ condition, they observed (a) …
Adaptive calibration of children's physiological responses to family stress: The utility of evolutionary developmental theory: Comment on Del Giudice et al. (2012) and Sturge-Apple et al. (2012)
Children's physiological reactions to stress are presented from the broader theoretical perspective of adaptive calibration to the environment, as rooted in life history theory. Del Giudice, Hinnant, Ellis, and El-Sheikh (2012) focus on children's physiological responses to a stressful task as a consequence of their history of family stress. Sturge-Apple, Davies, Martin, Cicchetti, and Hentges (2012) focus on the ways that children respond to a n…
Preventing children's aggression: Outcomes of an early intervention
Mothers of medically at-risk infants were randomly assigned to a Healthy Start intervention (HV) or a cognitive reframing intervention (HV+). Outcome measures were taken at the conclusion of the intervention (1 year) and at the 3-year follow-up visit. At age 3, children in the HV+ condition (in comparison with those in the HV condition) showed fewer aggression problems (as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist). Maternal emotional unavailabili…
Life stage-specific” variations in performance in response to age stereotypes
In a test of life stage-specific responses to age-based stigma, older (n = 54, ages 62-92) and younger (n = 81, ages 17-22) adults were told that a task (Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-III block design) required either (a) speed/contemporary knowledge (YA; "youth advantage") or (b) life experience/wisdom (OA; "age advantage"). In order to investigate the role of individuals' own perceptual biases in response to age-based stigma, participants a…
Maternal Investment
Psychology (24 works) · Developmental psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Cognition (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)