Kaija Puura
Biographic Data
| ID | 6110193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaija Puura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaija |
| FAMILY NAME | Puura |
| SIGNATURE | PUURA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6707-7975 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Maternal Shared Pleasure, Infant Withdrawal, and Developmental Outcomes in a High Risk Setting in South Africa
Background: Infants in lower middle income countries are often exposed to early adversities which may lead to suboptimal caregiving environments and place them at risk of not achieving their developmental potential. Synchrony and positive engagement in the mother-infant relationship plays a critical role in buffering the impact of early adversity. Shared Pleasure (SP) is considered a marker of high intensity positive interaction and may hold a pr…
Caregiving representations in war conditions
Risk features in mothers’ caregiving representations remain understudied in dangerous environments where infants most urgently need protective parenting. This pilot study examines the feasibility of a novel coding system for the Parent Development Interview (PDI) interview (ARR, Assessment of Representational Risk) in assessing 50 war‐exposed Palestinian mothers’ caregiving representations. First, we explored the content and structure of risks in…
Maternal and infant characteristics connected to shared pleasure in dyadic interaction
The aim of the study was to analyze which maternal factors (depressive symptoms, effect of life events, maternal sensitivity and structuring) and infant characteristics (temperament, social withdrawal symptoms, interactive behavior, genotype, gender) contribute to shared pleasure (SP) in parent–infant interaction. Participants were 113 mother–infant dyads. The mothers filled in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Infant Behavior Questio…
Maternal Trauma Affects Prenatal Mental Health and Infant Stress Regulation Among Palestinian Dyads
We examined how diverse and cumulated traumatic experiences predicted maternal prenatal mental health and infant stress regulation in war conditions and whether maternal mental health mediated the association between trauma and infant stress regulation. Participants were 511 Palestinian mothers from the Gaza Strip who reported exposure to current war trauma (WT), past childhood emotional (CEA) and physical abuse, socioeconomic status (SES), prena…
Shared Pleasure in Early Mother-Infant Interaction
Shared pleasure (SP) was analyzed in fifty-eight 2-month-old infants and their mothers in face-to-face interaction (T1, at 2 months). The association of SP with child's emotional and behavioral outcome at 2 years (T2) was examined. SP as a possible protecting factor in the presence of parental psychopathology also was studied. Mean duration of SP moments (SP-MD) was related to subsequent socioemotional outcome of the child: Infants of dyads with …
Motherhood and oxytocin receptor genetic variation are associated with selective changes in electrocortical responses to infant facial expressions
Recent studies suggest that parental caregiving is associated with adaptive changes in neurocognitive responses to emotional cues and oxytocin function, possibly reflecting the increased need of parents to monitor infants' emotional states. In the current study, we investigated whether the changes associated with motherhood and oxytocin receptor genetic variation rs53576 are specific to the processing of infant cues as opposed to a more general i…
Social Withdrawal Behavior in Infancy
This article reviews the studies using or validating the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, ) within different countries, different populations, and different settings. After a brief summary of the theoretical backgrounds of infant social behavior, the results of the main controlled and methodologically comparable studies are summarized and discussed. Second, the results of some observational studies as well as different…
Associations Between Maternal Interaction Behavior, Maternal Perception of Infant Temperament, and Infant Social Withdrawal
Infant social behavior develops in the context of early parent–infant interaction. Persisting withdrawal from social interaction is a sign of infant distress and is linked with the existence of risk factors. Impaired social behavior of the infant not only may be an indicator of pathology in the infant but the first sign of an effect of a psychosocial risk. In this study, we assessed 39 seven‐month‐old infants in videotaped interaction with their …
Predicting Internalizing and Externalizing Problems at Five Years by Child and Parental Factors in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Working here and now with the individual and family system
From the moment of conception, each and every child lives and develops in connection with other people. Most children grow up in families formed by parent(s) and siblings, and relationships with them form an important part of the environment in which they develop. Interaction with parents and siblings affects brain development and the intrapsychic structures of the child. In the last few decades, knowledge of both normal and abnormal development …
Detecting infants in need
The object of this paper was to study how the Baby Alarm Distress Scale (ADBB), developed as a simple screening tool for front line professionals working with infants, correlates with the more detailed assessment method of the Global Rating Scale (GRS) for Mother‐Infant Interaction at two and four months. A sample of 127 eight‐ to eleven‐week‐old infants was videotaped in free interaction with their mothers, and infant interaction behavior was ra…
A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Negative Expectations and Perceptions of Child Problems
The European Early Promotion Project
The number of children in Europe with significant psychologic and social problems is large and increasing. This article describes an innovative crosscultural method of working with families to promote the psychosocial well being of children and prevent the development of psychologic and social problems. A study designed to evaluate the effects of the service is also presented. Primary health care workers in five European countries have been train…
Longitudinal Study of Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Well-Being
Psychiatric disorders and the use of mental health services among children involved in bullying
This study had two aims: to evaluate the relationship between bullying and psychiatric disorders and to study the probability of using mental health services among children involved in bully/victim problems. The data consisted of interviews with 423 parents and 420 children. Diagnostic measures were based on the Isle of Wight Interview. Children involved in bullying as bullies, bully‐victims, and victims were compared with other children. Childre…
Bullying and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Elementary School-Age Children
Psychiatric disorders and the use of mental health services among children involved in bullying
This study had two aims: to evaluate the relationship between bullying and psychiatric disorders and to study the probability of using mental health services among children involved in bully/victim problems. The data consisted of interviews with 423 parents and 420 children. Diagnostic measures were based on the Isle of Wight Interview. Children involved in bullying as bullies, bully‐victims, and victims were compared with other children. Childre…
The European Early Promotion Project
The number of children in Europe with significant psychologic and social problems is large and increasing. This article describes an innovative crosscultural method of working with families to promote the psychosocial well being of children and prevent the development of psychologic and social problems. A study designed to evaluate the effects of the service is also presented. Primary health care workers in five European countries have been train…
Shared Pleasure in Early Mother-Infant Interaction
Shared pleasure (SP) was analyzed in fifty-eight 2-month-old infants and their mothers in face-to-face interaction (T1, at 2 months). The association of SP with child's emotional and behavioral outcome at 2 years (T2) was examined. SP as a possible protecting factor in the presence of parental psychopathology also was studied. Mean duration of SP moments (SP-MD) was related to subsequent socioemotional outcome of the child: Infants of dyads with …
Detecting infants in need
The object of this paper was to study how the Baby Alarm Distress Scale (ADBB), developed as a simple screening tool for front line professionals working with infants, correlates with the more detailed assessment method of the Global Rating Scale (GRS) for Mother‐Infant Interaction at two and four months. A sample of 127 eight‐ to eleven‐week‐old infants was videotaped in free interaction with their mothers, and infant interaction behavior was ra…
Caregiving representations in war conditions
Risk features in mothers’ caregiving representations remain understudied in dangerous environments where infants most urgently need protective parenting. This pilot study examines the feasibility of a novel coding system for the Parent Development Interview (PDI) interview (ARR, Assessment of Representational Risk) in assessing 50 war‐exposed Palestinian mothers’ caregiving representations. First, we explored the content and structure of risks in…
Associations Between Maternal Interaction Behavior, Maternal Perception of Infant Temperament, and Infant Social Withdrawal
Infant social behavior develops in the context of early parent–infant interaction. Persisting withdrawal from social interaction is a sign of infant distress and is linked with the existence of risk factors. Impaired social behavior of the infant not only may be an indicator of pathology in the infant but the first sign of an effect of a psychosocial risk. In this study, we assessed 39 seven‐month‐old infants in videotaped interaction with their …
Maternal Trauma Affects Prenatal Mental Health and Infant Stress Regulation Among Palestinian Dyads
We examined how diverse and cumulated traumatic experiences predicted maternal prenatal mental health and infant stress regulation in war conditions and whether maternal mental health mediated the association between trauma and infant stress regulation. Participants were 511 Palestinian mothers from the Gaza Strip who reported exposure to current war trauma (WT), past childhood emotional (CEA) and physical abuse, socioeconomic status (SES), prena…
Bullying and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Elementary School-Age Children
Longitudinal Study of Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Well-Being
Psychiatric disorders and the use of mental health services among children involved in bullying
This study had two aims: to evaluate the relationship between bullying and psychiatric disorders and to study the probability of using mental health services among children involved in bully/victim problems. The data consisted of interviews with 423 parents and 420 children. Diagnostic measures were based on the Isle of Wight Interview. Children involved in bullying as bullies, bully‐victims, and victims were compared with other children. Childre…
The European Early Promotion Project
The number of children in Europe with significant psychologic and social problems is large and increasing. This article describes an innovative crosscultural method of working with families to promote the psychosocial well being of children and prevent the development of psychologic and social problems. A study designed to evaluate the effects of the service is also presented. Primary health care workers in five European countries have been train…
A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Negative Expectations and Perceptions of Child Problems
Detecting infants in need
The object of this paper was to study how the Baby Alarm Distress Scale (ADBB), developed as a simple screening tool for front line professionals working with infants, correlates with the more detailed assessment method of the Global Rating Scale (GRS) for Mother‐Infant Interaction at two and four months. A sample of 127 eight‐ to eleven‐week‐old infants was videotaped in free interaction with their mothers, and infant interaction behavior was ra…
Predicting Internalizing and Externalizing Problems at Five Years by Child and Parental Factors in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Working here and now with the individual and family system
From the moment of conception, each and every child lives and develops in connection with other people. Most children grow up in families formed by parent(s) and siblings, and relationships with them form an important part of the environment in which they develop. Interaction with parents and siblings affects brain development and the intrapsychic structures of the child. In the last few decades, knowledge of both normal and abnormal development …
Social Withdrawal Behavior in Infancy
This article reviews the studies using or validating the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, ) within different countries, different populations, and different settings. After a brief summary of the theoretical backgrounds of infant social behavior, the results of the main controlled and methodologically comparable studies are summarized and discussed. Second, the results of some observational studies as well as different…
Associations Between Maternal Interaction Behavior, Maternal Perception of Infant Temperament, and Infant Social Withdrawal
Infant social behavior develops in the context of early parent–infant interaction. Persisting withdrawal from social interaction is a sign of infant distress and is linked with the existence of risk factors. Impaired social behavior of the infant not only may be an indicator of pathology in the infant but the first sign of an effect of a psychosocial risk. In this study, we assessed 39 seven‐month‐old infants in videotaped interaction with their …
Motherhood and oxytocin receptor genetic variation are associated with selective changes in electrocortical responses to infant facial expressions
Recent studies suggest that parental caregiving is associated with adaptive changes in neurocognitive responses to emotional cues and oxytocin function, possibly reflecting the increased need of parents to monitor infants' emotional states. In the current study, we investigated whether the changes associated with motherhood and oxytocin receptor genetic variation rs53576 are specific to the processing of infant cues as opposed to a more general i…
Shared Pleasure in Early Mother-Infant Interaction
Shared pleasure (SP) was analyzed in fifty-eight 2-month-old infants and their mothers in face-to-face interaction (T1, at 2 months). The association of SP with child's emotional and behavioral outcome at 2 years (T2) was examined. SP as a possible protecting factor in the presence of parental psychopathology also was studied. Mean duration of SP moments (SP-MD) was related to subsequent socioemotional outcome of the child: Infants of dyads with …
Maternal Trauma Affects Prenatal Mental Health and Infant Stress Regulation Among Palestinian Dyads
We examined how diverse and cumulated traumatic experiences predicted maternal prenatal mental health and infant stress regulation in war conditions and whether maternal mental health mediated the association between trauma and infant stress regulation. Participants were 511 Palestinian mothers from the Gaza Strip who reported exposure to current war trauma (WT), past childhood emotional (CEA) and physical abuse, socioeconomic status (SES), prena…
Maternal and infant characteristics connected to shared pleasure in dyadic interaction
The aim of the study was to analyze which maternal factors (depressive symptoms, effect of life events, maternal sensitivity and structuring) and infant characteristics (temperament, social withdrawal symptoms, interactive behavior, genotype, gender) contribute to shared pleasure (SP) in parent–infant interaction. Participants were 113 mother–infant dyads. The mothers filled in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Infant Behavior Questio…
Caregiving representations in war conditions
Risk features in mothers’ caregiving representations remain understudied in dangerous environments where infants most urgently need protective parenting. This pilot study examines the feasibility of a novel coding system for the Parent Development Interview (PDI) interview (ARR, Assessment of Representational Risk) in assessing 50 war‐exposed Palestinian mothers’ caregiving representations. First, we explored the content and structure of risks in…
Maternal Shared Pleasure, Infant Withdrawal, and Developmental Outcomes in a High Risk Setting in South Africa
Background: Infants in lower middle income countries are often exposed to early adversities which may lead to suboptimal caregiving environments and place them at risk of not achieving their developmental potential. Synchrony and positive engagement in the mother-infant relationship plays a critical role in buffering the impact of early adversity. Shared Pleasure (SP) is considered a marker of high intensity positive interaction and may hold a pr…
Psychology (16 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Distress (5 works) · Infant Health and Development (5 works)