Ida Egmose
Biographic Data
| ID | 4608775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ida Egmose |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ida |
| FAMILY NAME | Egmose |
| SIGNATURE | EGMOSE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1157-6828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Relative Importance of Structural and Individual Factors for Child-care Professional's Interactive Skills in Early Childhood Education and Care
Representational mind-mindedness in Danish early childcare professionals: The role of child gender
Out-of-home early childcare is a central developmental context in Scandinavian countries. Evidence suggests that the quality of caregiver–child interactions is potentially linked to caregivers’ mentalizing capacity—the ability to understand children’s mental states. This study examined whether child gender is associated with caregiver mentalizing, measured as representational mind-mindedness (MM), in relationships perceived as challenging. The sa…
Caregivers’ interaction skills in center-based childcare: Associations with ratios, education, and interaction contexts
High-quality interactions between childcare professionals and children are essential for supporting child development. In this study, we examined how caregiver interaction skills vary in relation to child-to-caregiver ratios and caregiver education, and across different daily interaction contexts (e.g., meals and diaper changes) in early center-based childcare. Additionally, we compared different operationalizations of child-to-caregiver ratios a…
Experienced barriers and facilitators of change in a video‐feedback intervention among parents of preschool children with externalizing behaviors: A qualitative study
Lack of parental sensitivity and inappropriate disciplining behaviors are known risk factors for child externalizing behavior. The Video‐feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP‐SD) is an evidence‐based parenting program targeting families with children aged 1–6 years. This study explores experiences of intervention‐specific facilitators and barriers to change in VIPP‐SD among parents of preschool‐aged ch…
Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a universal home-based, multi-component intervention to promote healthy weight development in children during infancy and toddlerhood in Den…
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06705400. Registered November 21, 2024
Mentalizing Care: Adult Attachment and Structural Factors as Predictors of Representational Mind‐Mindedness in Early Child‐Care Professionals
Out‐of‐home childcare is increasingly essential in many children's lives, significantly impacting their wellbeing and development. Central to high‐quality care is the concept of caregiver mind‐mindedness (MM), the ability to recognize a child as a unique psychological individual with thoughts, feelings, intentions etc., as this capacity is linked with more optimal responsiveness to children's needs. Despite its importance, the factors influencing…
How Does Representational Mind‐Mindedness Translate Into Observable Parenting Behaviors Among Parents of Six‐Year‐Olds
Mind‐Mindedness reflects parents' capacity to treat their child as an individual with a mind of their own. Research is lacking on how Representational Mind‐Mindedness (RMM) translates into observable parenting behaviours beyond infancy. The present study examined how RMM was associated with parents' Acknowledging Behaviour (AB) and use of Mental State Talk (MST), and whether these associations were moderated by parents' educational level. The sam…
Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind‐mindedness in first‐time parents of 4‐month‐old infants
Profiles of parental reflective functioning (PRF) may offer valuable insights into individual differences in PRF. Previous studies have identified PRF profiles; however, further validation is needed. This study aimed to investigate the convergent validity of the identified PRF profiles by examining their association with a related measure of parental mentalization: representational mind‐mindedness. Participants were 1168 first‐time mothers and 49…
Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model
Parental reflective functioning is the parent's ability to reflect on the psychological processes in their child and in themselves as a parent. Recently, an infant version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, PRFQ‐I, has been developed and validated using confirmatory factor analyses. The present study aims to validate the PRFQ‐I using a Rasch model in a sample of 531 Danish mothers at risk of depression and their infants aged 2–…
Do parents agree about their infant's socioemotional adjustment
Parents serve as the primary informants about infant development, wherefore interparent agreement is essential for facilitating timely identification of children at risk. We studied interparent agreement about infant socioemotional adjustment among 323 mothers and fathers/co‐parents of 11‐month‐old infants living in Denmark using The Ages & Stages Questionnaires ® : Social‐Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ ® :SE‐2). Agreement was assessed through co…
Parental reflective functioning in mothers and fathers of preschoolers: Associations with adult attachment and parenting behavior
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is considered a key parental competence. Since most research on PRF has focused on infancy or the first years of life, there is a gap in our understanding of PRF among parents of older children. Therefore, we investigated PRF in mothers and fathers with preschool‐aged children, examining associations between PRF, parent's romantic attachment, and observed parenting behavior. The sample comprised 50 mothers, 4…
A randomized trial of the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) training with childcare providers: The Copenhagen Daycare Project study protocol
This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov as "Testing the Effects of the Caregiver Interaction Profile Training on the Interactive Skills of Daycare Providers (CDP)" with registry ID NCT05654116. Registration date: 12/01/2022
Identifying Profiles of Parental Reflective Functioning in First-Time Parents and Associations with Parental Attachment and Infant Socioemotional Adjustment
Objective. Parental reflective functioning (PRF) consists of three dimensions using the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ): Pre-Mentalizing Modes, Certainty about Mental States, and Interest and Curiosity. Different types of mentalization, such as genuine mentalization, hypomentalization, and hypermentalization, have been hypothesized yet rarely empirically examined. This study aims to identify PRF profiles using latent profile …
Four‐year‐old children's pretend play complexity during free play and story stem play and associations with maternal sensitivity
Theory and research have linked pretend play in early childhood with the development of language and theory of mind. In 102 mother–child dyads at 4.5 years, we examined whether (1) introducing a story stem (a play narrative with socioemotional dilemmas) in a mother–child play context increases pretend play complexity compared with mother–child free play; and (2) maternal sensitivity is associated with pretend play complexity. Further, we explored…
The impact of childhood adversity on parenting stress is mediated by adult attachment and depressive symptoms
Adverse childhood experiences can have far‐reaching implications for later mental health, including in parenthood. Research suggests that childhood adversity is a risk factor for later parenting stress, yet the underlying mechanisms are only just being uncovered. Uncovering these mechanisms is important to diminish heightened levels of parenting stress and thereby reduce adverse effects of elevated parenting stress on child and parent outcomes. I…
How are mothers negatively affected and supported by following parenting-related Instagram profiles? A mixed-methods study
Many parents use social media to seek knowledge about child development and parenting, but parents are an understudied population in social media research. In this study, we use a mixed-methods approach to examine mothers' experience of following three different types of Instagram profiles: InstaParents, i.e. influencers sharing their personal experiences with parenthood, professional profiles disseminating knowledge about parenting and child dev…
Understanding Your Baby: Protocol for a controlled parallel group study of a universal home-based educational program for first time parents
Results will provide evidence regarding the efficacy of UYB in promoting parenting competences. If proved effective, the study will represent a notable advance to initiating the UYB intervention as part of a better infant mental health strategy in Denmark. Conversely, if UYB is inferior to CAU, this is also important knowledge in regard to promoting parenting competence and infant mental health in a general population. Trial registration https://…
Promoting interactive skills and mind-mindedness among early childcare professionals: Study protocol for a randomized wait-list controlled trial comparing the Circle of Security approach with care as …
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04654533. Prospectively registered December 4, 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04654533
Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety
The EPDS-3A can be used as a time-efficient screening for possible anxiety in ante- and postnatal mothers. However, adding the EPDS-3A to routine screening with the total EPDS does not lead to a substantial increase in the number of women identified. In line with previous studies, this study confirms that the EPDS identifies anxiety in addition to depression. Therefore, assessment and treatment adjusted to the specific emotional difficulties is i…
Maternal postpartum depression is a risk factor for infant emotional variability at 4 months
Maternal postpartum depression (PPD) is a risk for disruption of mother–infant interaction. Infants of depressed mothers have been found to display less positive, more negative, and neutral affect. Other studies have found that infants of mothers with PPD inhibit both positive and negative affect. In a sample of 28 infants of mothers with PPD and 52 infants of nonclinical mothers, we examined the role of PPD diagnosis and symptoms for infants’ em…
Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model
Parental reflective functioning is the parent's ability to reflect on the psychological processes in their child and in themselves as a parent. Recently, an infant version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, PRFQ‐I, has been developed and validated using confirmatory factor analyses. The present study aims to validate the PRFQ‐I using a Rasch model in a sample of 531 Danish mothers at risk of depression and their infants aged 2–…
Identifying Profiles of Parental Reflective Functioning in First-Time Parents and Associations with Parental Attachment and Infant Socioemotional Adjustment
Objective. Parental reflective functioning (PRF) consists of three dimensions using the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ): Pre-Mentalizing Modes, Certainty about Mental States, and Interest and Curiosity. Different types of mentalization, such as genuine mentalization, hypomentalization, and hypermentalization, have been hypothesized yet rarely empirically examined. This study aims to identify PRF profiles using latent profile …
Maternal postpartum depression is a risk factor for infant emotional variability at 4 months
Maternal postpartum depression (PPD) is a risk for disruption of mother–infant interaction. Infants of depressed mothers have been found to display less positive, more negative, and neutral affect. Other studies have found that infants of mothers with PPD inhibit both positive and negative affect. In a sample of 28 infants of mothers with PPD and 52 infants of nonclinical mothers, we examined the role of PPD diagnosis and symptoms for infants’ em…
Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety
The EPDS-3A can be used as a time-efficient screening for possible anxiety in ante- and postnatal mothers. However, adding the EPDS-3A to routine screening with the total EPDS does not lead to a substantial increase in the number of women identified. In line with previous studies, this study confirms that the EPDS identifies anxiety in addition to depression. Therefore, assessment and treatment adjusted to the specific emotional difficulties is i…
The impact of childhood adversity on parenting stress is mediated by adult attachment and depressive symptoms
Adverse childhood experiences can have far‐reaching implications for later mental health, including in parenthood. Research suggests that childhood adversity is a risk factor for later parenting stress, yet the underlying mechanisms are only just being uncovered. Uncovering these mechanisms is important to diminish heightened levels of parenting stress and thereby reduce adverse effects of elevated parenting stress on child and parent outcomes. I…
How are mothers negatively affected and supported by following parenting-related Instagram profiles? A mixed-methods study
Many parents use social media to seek knowledge about child development and parenting, but parents are an understudied population in social media research. In this study, we use a mixed-methods approach to examine mothers' experience of following three different types of Instagram profiles: InstaParents, i.e. influencers sharing their personal experiences with parenthood, professional profiles disseminating knowledge about parenting and child dev…
Understanding Your Baby: Protocol for a controlled parallel group study of a universal home-based educational program for first time parents
Results will provide evidence regarding the efficacy of UYB in promoting parenting competences. If proved effective, the study will represent a notable advance to initiating the UYB intervention as part of a better infant mental health strategy in Denmark. Conversely, if UYB is inferior to CAU, this is also important knowledge in regard to promoting parenting competence and infant mental health in a general population. Trial registration https://…
Promoting interactive skills and mind-mindedness among early childcare professionals: Study protocol for a randomized wait-list controlled trial comparing the Circle of Security approach with care as …
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04654533. Prospectively registered December 4, 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04654533
Four‐year‐old children's pretend play complexity during free play and story stem play and associations with maternal sensitivity
Theory and research have linked pretend play in early childhood with the development of language and theory of mind. In 102 mother–child dyads at 4.5 years, we examined whether (1) introducing a story stem (a play narrative with socioemotional dilemmas) in a mother–child play context increases pretend play complexity compared with mother–child free play; and (2) maternal sensitivity is associated with pretend play complexity. Further, we explored…
Parental reflective functioning in mothers and fathers of preschoolers: Associations with adult attachment and parenting behavior
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is considered a key parental competence. Since most research on PRF has focused on infancy or the first years of life, there is a gap in our understanding of PRF among parents of older children. Therefore, we investigated PRF in mothers and fathers with preschool‐aged children, examining associations between PRF, parent's romantic attachment, and observed parenting behavior. The sample comprised 50 mothers, 4…
A randomized trial of the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) training with childcare providers: The Copenhagen Daycare Project study protocol
This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov as "Testing the Effects of the Caregiver Interaction Profile Training on the Interactive Skills of Daycare Providers (CDP)" with registry ID NCT05654116. Registration date: 12/01/2022
Identifying Profiles of Parental Reflective Functioning in First-Time Parents and Associations with Parental Attachment and Infant Socioemotional Adjustment
Objective. Parental reflective functioning (PRF) consists of three dimensions using the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ): Pre-Mentalizing Modes, Certainty about Mental States, and Interest and Curiosity. Different types of mentalization, such as genuine mentalization, hypomentalization, and hypermentalization, have been hypothesized yet rarely empirically examined. This study aims to identify PRF profiles using latent profile …
Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a universal home-based, multi-component intervention to promote healthy weight development in children during infancy and toddlerhood in Den…
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06705400. Registered November 21, 2024
Mentalizing Care: Adult Attachment and Structural Factors as Predictors of Representational Mind‐Mindedness in Early Child‐Care Professionals
Out‐of‐home childcare is increasingly essential in many children's lives, significantly impacting their wellbeing and development. Central to high‐quality care is the concept of caregiver mind‐mindedness (MM), the ability to recognize a child as a unique psychological individual with thoughts, feelings, intentions etc., as this capacity is linked with more optimal responsiveness to children's needs. Despite its importance, the factors influencing…
How Does Representational Mind‐Mindedness Translate Into Observable Parenting Behaviors Among Parents of Six‐Year‐Olds
Mind‐Mindedness reflects parents' capacity to treat their child as an individual with a mind of their own. Research is lacking on how Representational Mind‐Mindedness (RMM) translates into observable parenting behaviours beyond infancy. The present study examined how RMM was associated with parents' Acknowledging Behaviour (AB) and use of Mental State Talk (MST), and whether these associations were moderated by parents' educational level. The sam…
Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind‐mindedness in first‐time parents of 4‐month‐old infants
Profiles of parental reflective functioning (PRF) may offer valuable insights into individual differences in PRF. Previous studies have identified PRF profiles; however, further validation is needed. This study aimed to investigate the convergent validity of the identified PRF profiles by examining their association with a related measure of parental mentalization: representational mind‐mindedness. Participants were 1168 first‐time mothers and 49…
Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model
Parental reflective functioning is the parent's ability to reflect on the psychological processes in their child and in themselves as a parent. Recently, an infant version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, PRFQ‐I, has been developed and validated using confirmatory factor analyses. The present study aims to validate the PRFQ‐I using a Rasch model in a sample of 531 Danish mothers at risk of depression and their infants aged 2–…
Do parents agree about their infant's socioemotional adjustment
Parents serve as the primary informants about infant development, wherefore interparent agreement is essential for facilitating timely identification of children at risk. We studied interparent agreement about infant socioemotional adjustment among 323 mothers and fathers/co‐parents of 11‐month‐old infants living in Denmark using The Ages & Stages Questionnaires ® : Social‐Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ ® :SE‐2). Agreement was assessed through co…
The Relative Importance of Structural and Individual Factors for Child-care Professional's Interactive Skills in Early Childhood Education and Care
Representational mind-mindedness in Danish early childcare professionals: The role of child gender
Out-of-home early childcare is a central developmental context in Scandinavian countries. Evidence suggests that the quality of caregiver–child interactions is potentially linked to caregivers’ mentalizing capacity—the ability to understand children’s mental states. This study examined whether child gender is associated with caregiver mentalizing, measured as representational mind-mindedness (MM), in relationships perceived as challenging. The sa…
Caregivers’ interaction skills in center-based childcare: Associations with ratios, education, and interaction contexts
High-quality interactions between childcare professionals and children are essential for supporting child development. In this study, we examined how caregiver interaction skills vary in relation to child-to-caregiver ratios and caregiver education, and across different daily interaction contexts (e.g., meals and diaper changes) in early center-based childcare. Additionally, we compared different operationalizations of child-to-caregiver ratios a…
Experienced barriers and facilitators of change in a video‐feedback intervention among parents of preschool children with externalizing behaviors: A qualitative study
Lack of parental sensitivity and inappropriate disciplining behaviors are known risk factors for child externalizing behavior. The Video‐feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP‐SD) is an evidence‐based parenting program targeting families with children aged 1–6 years. This study explores experiences of intervention‐specific facilitators and barriers to change in VIPP‐SD among parents of preschool‐aged ch…
Psychology (15 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)