Angus Macbeth
Biographic Data
| ID | 312898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angus Macbeth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angus |
| FAMILY NAME | Macbeth |
| SIGNATURE | MACBETH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0618-044X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mentalizing under stress and psychotic experiences: An experience sampling study
Adaptability as a Journey: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Exploring the Transition to Motherhood in the Context of Bipolar Disorder
Despite growing evidence that women with bipolar disorder (BD) diagnoses are at a particularly increased risk for perinatal mental and physical health complications, our understanding of their experiences and support needs from pre-conception to early postnatal years is still in its early stages. To address this gap, a qualitative study was carried out employing a constructivist grounded theory approach to identify the underlying processes shapin…
Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Wellbeing, Infant Development, Smartphone Use, and Mother‐Infant Responsiveness
Emerging evidence suggests smartphone use has adverse effects on mother‐infant relationships. However, while research suggests that maternal responsiveness is reduced when using a smartphone, little research has been undertaken with infants. This study used cross‐sectional data to explore associations between infant social‐emotional development, maternal mental health outcomes, smartphone use, and mother‐infant responsiveness. We recruited 450 mo…
They felt the safe space: Practitioner experiences of delivering Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies
Developmental trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention, and anxious depressed mood: Co-occurring problems within a chilean context
The current study examined multi-trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention and anxious/depressed problems, along with associated risk factors for trajectory group membership, using a person-centred approach. The sample included 2,857 children (50.1% males) enrolled in the Chilean Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia cohort. Maternal reports using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) were completed when children were three, fiv…
A vision for reinvigorating global mental health
Across individuals, communities, and ecosystems, unequal ways of living mean different experiences and expressions of wellbeing and distress. What would it mean for Global Mental Health (GMH) to start with these disparities in lived-experience, radically, rather than take them as stumbling blocks to unite under a broad GMH umbrella? This question builds on a tradition of critically appraising the GMH field (see e.g. [1]), seeking a re-shaping of …
Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors
Contradictory results in the extant literature suggests that additional risk factors should be considered when exploring the impacts of maternal smartphone use on mother‐infant relationships. This study used cluster analysis to explore whether certain risk factors were implicated in mother‐infant dyads with high smartphone use and low mother‐infant responsiveness. A cross‐sectional survey of 450 participants in the UK measured infant social‐emoti…
Predictors of emotional problems in 5-year-old children: An international comparison between two cohorts in Chile and Scotland
The association of different presentations of maternal depression with children’s socio-emotional development: A systematic review
Maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards is a global health priority associated with an increased likelihood of suboptimal socio-developmental outcomes in offspring. An important aspect of this association is the extent to which sustained maternal depression impacts on these outcomes. The current review synthesised the evidence on maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards and offspring internalising, externalising, and so…
There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies
It is recognized that parenthood in the context of psychosocial adversity can have negative implications for infant development. Parenting programs are the first line of intervention to improve outcomes for families; however, evidence for the effectiveness of group‐based, targeted early interventions is still scarce. Preliminary findings indicate Mellow Babies (MB) as a promising group‐based parenting program for families at risk for parenting di…
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect
Dyadic behavioral synchrony is a complex interactional process that takes place between the mother and her infant. In the first year of life, when the infant is prelinguistic, processes such as synchrony enable the dyad to communicate through shared behavior and affect. To date, no systematic review has been carried out to understand the risk and protective factors that influence behavioral synchrony in the mother–infant dyad. The aim of this rev…
El Cambio De Los Patrones Corporales Relacionales en La Terapia Metacognitiva Interpersonal
uchas personas con trastornos de personalidad (TP) presentan importantes dificultades para adaptarse a su mundo social como consecuencia de utilizar unos patrones mentales rgidos e inflexibles para dar sentido a sus relaciones interpersonales (Inchausti et al., 2018a). En la litera-tura cientfica, estos patrones se han denominado esquemas interpersonales desadaptativos (
The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort
A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant's receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The sample was re-assessed when children were aged 60-72 months (n = 3100). Linear regression analyses were conducted. At the first time point, all the p…
Antenatal caregiving representations and perinatal behavior in mothers with severe lifetime psychopathology
Psychopathology poses a risk for optimal parenting. The current study explored antenatal caregiving representations as markers for later risk of nonoptimal maternal behavior among mothers with severe mental illness. Sixty‐five mothers diagnosed with psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression (psychopathology group), and nonclinical controls participated in a longitudinal study from pregnancy to 16 weeks after birth. Mental health diagnoses and careg…
Self-compassion and Psychological Distress in Adolescents—a Meta-analysis
A pilot study exploring compassion in narratives of individuals with psychosis: Implications for an attachment-based understanding of recovery
There is increasing recognition that cultivating compassion for oneself and others can act as an antidote to feelings of threat, shame, humiliation and paranoia. This study aimed to explore the further development of a narrative-based measure of compassion. We hypothesised that greater compassion would be associated with lower levels of positive symptoms, negative symptoms, cognitive disorganisation, excitement and emotional distress. Participant…
Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology
Educational Finance: Some Difficulties of Comparison
IT IS A business axiom that finance is a common factor to all aspects of organisation and, being common, it provides a basis for comparison. I do not intend to discuss the applicability of business methods to education, where the measure of success cannot be read in the financial balance sheet, but it is my purpose to try to highlight some of the difficulties which arise when educational expenditure of one country is compared with that of another…
Antenatal caregiving representations and perinatal behavior in mothers with severe lifetime psychopathology
Psychopathology poses a risk for optimal parenting. The current study explored antenatal caregiving representations as markers for later risk of nonoptimal maternal behavior among mothers with severe mental illness. Sixty‐five mothers diagnosed with psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression (psychopathology group), and nonclinical controls participated in a longitudinal study from pregnancy to 16 weeks after birth. Mental health diagnoses and careg…
Educational Finance: Some Difficulties of Comparison
IT IS A business axiom that finance is a common factor to all aspects of organisation and, being common, it provides a basis for comparison. I do not intend to discuss the applicability of business methods to education, where the measure of success cannot be read in the financial balance sheet, but it is my purpose to try to highlight some of the difficulties which arise when educational expenditure of one country is compared with that of another…
Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology
A pilot study exploring compassion in narratives of individuals with psychosis: Implications for an attachment-based understanding of recovery
There is increasing recognition that cultivating compassion for oneself and others can act as an antidote to feelings of threat, shame, humiliation and paranoia. This study aimed to explore the further development of a narrative-based measure of compassion. We hypothesised that greater compassion would be associated with lower levels of positive symptoms, negative symptoms, cognitive disorganisation, excitement and emotional distress. Participant…
Self-compassion and Psychological Distress in Adolescents—a Meta-analysis
El Cambio De Los Patrones Corporales Relacionales en La Terapia Metacognitiva Interpersonal
uchas personas con trastornos de personalidad (TP) presentan importantes dificultades para adaptarse a su mundo social como consecuencia de utilizar unos patrones mentales rgidos e inflexibles para dar sentido a sus relaciones interpersonales (Inchausti et al., 2018a). En la litera-tura cientfica, estos patrones se han denominado esquemas interpersonales desadaptativos (
The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort
A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant's receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The sample was re-assessed when children were aged 60-72 months (n = 3100). Linear regression analyses were conducted. At the first time point, all the p…
Antenatal caregiving representations and perinatal behavior in mothers with severe lifetime psychopathology
Psychopathology poses a risk for optimal parenting. The current study explored antenatal caregiving representations as markers for later risk of nonoptimal maternal behavior among mothers with severe mental illness. Sixty‐five mothers diagnosed with psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression (psychopathology group), and nonclinical controls participated in a longitudinal study from pregnancy to 16 weeks after birth. Mental health diagnoses and careg…
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect
Dyadic behavioral synchrony is a complex interactional process that takes place between the mother and her infant. In the first year of life, when the infant is prelinguistic, processes such as synchrony enable the dyad to communicate through shared behavior and affect. To date, no systematic review has been carried out to understand the risk and protective factors that influence behavioral synchrony in the mother–infant dyad. The aim of this rev…
Predictors of emotional problems in 5-year-old children: An international comparison between two cohorts in Chile and Scotland
The association of different presentations of maternal depression with children’s socio-emotional development: A systematic review
Maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards is a global health priority associated with an increased likelihood of suboptimal socio-developmental outcomes in offspring. An important aspect of this association is the extent to which sustained maternal depression impacts on these outcomes. The current review synthesised the evidence on maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards and offspring internalising, externalising, and so…
There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies
It is recognized that parenthood in the context of psychosocial adversity can have negative implications for infant development. Parenting programs are the first line of intervention to improve outcomes for families; however, evidence for the effectiveness of group‐based, targeted early interventions is still scarce. Preliminary findings indicate Mellow Babies (MB) as a promising group‐based parenting program for families at risk for parenting di…
Developmental trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention, and anxious depressed mood: Co-occurring problems within a chilean context
The current study examined multi-trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention and anxious/depressed problems, along with associated risk factors for trajectory group membership, using a person-centred approach. The sample included 2,857 children (50.1% males) enrolled in the Chilean Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia cohort. Maternal reports using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) were completed when children were three, fiv…
A vision for reinvigorating global mental health
Across individuals, communities, and ecosystems, unequal ways of living mean different experiences and expressions of wellbeing and distress. What would it mean for Global Mental Health (GMH) to start with these disparities in lived-experience, radically, rather than take them as stumbling blocks to unite under a broad GMH umbrella? This question builds on a tradition of critically appraising the GMH field (see e.g. [1]), seeking a re-shaping of …
Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors
Contradictory results in the extant literature suggests that additional risk factors should be considered when exploring the impacts of maternal smartphone use on mother‐infant relationships. This study used cluster analysis to explore whether certain risk factors were implicated in mother‐infant dyads with high smartphone use and low mother‐infant responsiveness. A cross‐sectional survey of 450 participants in the UK measured infant social‐emoti…
Adaptability as a Journey: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Exploring the Transition to Motherhood in the Context of Bipolar Disorder
Despite growing evidence that women with bipolar disorder (BD) diagnoses are at a particularly increased risk for perinatal mental and physical health complications, our understanding of their experiences and support needs from pre-conception to early postnatal years is still in its early stages. To address this gap, a qualitative study was carried out employing a constructivist grounded theory approach to identify the underlying processes shapin…
Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Wellbeing, Infant Development, Smartphone Use, and Mother‐Infant Responsiveness
Emerging evidence suggests smartphone use has adverse effects on mother‐infant relationships. However, while research suggests that maternal responsiveness is reduced when using a smartphone, little research has been undertaken with infants. This study used cross‐sectional data to explore associations between infant social‐emotional development, maternal mental health outcomes, smartphone use, and mother‐infant responsiveness. We recruited 450 mo…
They felt the safe space: Practitioner experiences of delivering Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies
Mentalizing under stress and psychotic experiences: An experience sampling study
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cohort (3 works)