Deborah Jacobvitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 768896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Jacobvitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobvitz |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBVITZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9428-7983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Maternal experiences of childhood psychological maltreatment
Childhood psychological maltreatment is a prevalent type of maltreatment, but one that is less studied compared to other forms of abuse. The intergenerational effects of psychological maltreatment have yet to be fully explored. This study examined mothers’ recollections of childhood experiences of psychological maltreatment, assessed prenatally, and in relation to their own and their toddler’s emotion regulation. Psychological maltreatment was as…
Toddlers' Emotional Overregulation
An Extraordinarily Pernicious Influence
Discourses about the dangers of spoiling children and images of grandparents came together in nineteenth-century literature, with the literary figure of the spoiling grandmother emerging as familiar cultural currency. From there, it would become a concern for the generation of psychoanalysts after Freud, for whom the grandmother represented a dangerous supplement to the importance of the mother for a child’s psychological development. The literar…
Fathers’ attachment representations and infant feeding practices
This study examined how fathers' adult attachment representations, assessed before the birth of their first child, predict feeding practices with their 8-month-old infants. Fathers have been underrepresented in child feeding research, particularly in longitudinal and observational studies. Feeding is a key parenting task of infancy and a growing number of studies have begun to explore the connection between attachment and parental feeding practic…
Understanding the Connection Between Attachment Trauma and Maternal Self‐efficacy in Depressed Mothers
Maternal self‐efficacy predicts sensitive and responsive caregiving. Low maternal self‐efficacy is associated with a higher incidence of postpartum depression. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression can both be buffered by social support. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression have both been linked independently, albeit in separate studies, to the experience of violent trauma, childhood maltreatment, and spousal abuse. This st…
Disorganized attachment in infancy
Disorganized/Disoriented (D) attachment has seen widespread interest from policy makers, practitioners, and clinicians in recent years. However, some of this interest seems to have been based on some false assumptions that (1) attachment measures can be used as definitive assessments of the individual in forensic/child protection settings and that disorganized attachment (2) reliably indicates child maltreatment, (3) is a strong predictor of path…
Coparenting dynamics
This study utilizes the actor–partner interdependence model to examine mothers' and fathers' support of their partner and involvement in parental decision making during coparenting interactions in relation to cooperative and competitive coparenting in a sample of 125 first‐time parents with a 24‐month‐old child. Fathers showed greater instances of support for their partner than did mothers, and mothers demonstrated higher levels of involvement in…
Marital Quality over the Transition to Parenthood as a Predictor of Coparenting
Women’s Retrospective Experiences of Bereavement
This study’s goal was to gain a better understanding of why some women become unresolved with regard to loss and others do not. Sixty women were administered (a) the adult attachment interview to assess their childhood relationship with their parents and experience of and response to loss and (b) a grief interview that was coded for circumstances surrounding bereavement experiences: relationship to the deceased, cause of death, suddenness, develo…
Coparenting Problems with Toddlers Predict Children’s Symptoms of Psychological Problems at Age 7
Birth and Motherhood
Childbirth is a major experience in a woman's life, but the relation between childbirth experiences and later mother–infant outcomes has been understudied. This study examined the relation between mode of delivery and subjective birth experience (e.g., perception of control, social support during labor and delivery), and mothers’ descriptions of their babies and their maternal self-esteem, both powerful predictors of maternal caregiving behavior.…
Diverging Pathways, Developmental Transformations, Multiple Etiologies and the Problem of Continuity in Development
Could homotypic continuity be assumed, determining the degree of continuity in individual development over time would be straightforward. But simple stability is rarely obtained for several reasons, as will be illustrated by research examples. Data from an ongoing longitudinal study following children from birth through age 10–11 illustrate impressive continuity over time. Yet, determining the degree of coherence or continuity in individual adapt…
Patterns of Attachment Organization, Social Connectedness, and Substance Use in a Sample of Older Homeless Adolescents
Social researchers continue to strive to understand the development and social decision-making processes of homeless adolescents. While it has been established that attachment is a salient factor with regard to childhood maltreatment and later psychosocial problems, there is a dearth of information on how homeless youths' thoughts and feelings about attachment may also be linked to behavioral risks including alcohol and substance use. This explor…
Maternal resolution of loss and abuse
This study examined relationships between mothers' resolution of past loss and abuse and their adjustment to the transition to parenthood. Three groups of mothers were compared: 1) those who were unresolved with respect to loss or abuse (Unresolved Loss/Abuse), 2) those who had experienced loss or abuse, but were considered resolved (Resolved Loss/Abuse), and 3) those who had not experienced loss or abuse (No Loss/Abuse). Mothers in the Resolved …
Reconstructions of family relationships
Reconstructions of family relationships
The aim of this study was to operationalize the structure of family relationships and examine how women's reconstructions of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to their levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Using a sample of 93 women, ages 19 to 22, two family patterns emerged: (a) father-daughter alliance (FDA), whereby fathers seek intimacy and affection from their daughters instead of their wives and have e…
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
Reconstructions of family relationships
The aim of this study was to operationalize the structure of family relationships and examine how women's reconstructions of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to their levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Using a sample of 93 women, ages 19 to 22, two family patterns emerged: (a) father-daughter alliance (FDA), whereby fathers seek intimacy and affection from their daughters instead of their wives and have e…
Birth and Motherhood
Childbirth is a major experience in a woman's life, but the relation between childbirth experiences and later mother–infant outcomes has been understudied. This study examined the relation between mode of delivery and subjective birth experience (e.g., perception of control, social support during labor and delivery), and mothers’ descriptions of their babies and their maternal self-esteem, both powerful predictors of maternal caregiving behavior.…
Understanding the Connection Between Attachment Trauma and Maternal Self‐efficacy in Depressed Mothers
Maternal self‐efficacy predicts sensitive and responsive caregiving. Low maternal self‐efficacy is associated with a higher incidence of postpartum depression. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression can both be buffered by social support. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression have both been linked independently, albeit in separate studies, to the experience of violent trauma, childhood maltreatment, and spousal abuse. This st…
Maternal resolution of loss and abuse
This study examined relationships between mothers' resolution of past loss and abuse and their adjustment to the transition to parenthood. Three groups of mothers were compared: 1) those who were unresolved with respect to loss or abuse (Unresolved Loss/Abuse), 2) those who had experienced loss or abuse, but were considered resolved (Resolved Loss/Abuse), and 3) those who had not experienced loss or abuse (No Loss/Abuse). Mothers in the Resolved …
Reconstructions of family relationships
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
Reconstructions of family relationships
Reconstructions of family relationships
The aim of this study was to operationalize the structure of family relationships and examine how women's reconstructions of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to their levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Using a sample of 93 women, ages 19 to 22, two family patterns emerged: (a) father-daughter alliance (FDA), whereby fathers seek intimacy and affection from their daughters instead of their wives and have e…
Maternal resolution of loss and abuse
This study examined relationships between mothers' resolution of past loss and abuse and their adjustment to the transition to parenthood. Three groups of mothers were compared: 1) those who were unresolved with respect to loss or abuse (Unresolved Loss/Abuse), 2) those who had experienced loss or abuse, but were considered resolved (Resolved Loss/Abuse), and 3) those who had not experienced loss or abuse (No Loss/Abuse). Mothers in the Resolved …
Patterns of Attachment Organization, Social Connectedness, and Substance Use in a Sample of Older Homeless Adolescents
Social researchers continue to strive to understand the development and social decision-making processes of homeless adolescents. While it has been established that attachment is a salient factor with regard to childhood maltreatment and later psychosocial problems, there is a dearth of information on how homeless youths' thoughts and feelings about attachment may also be linked to behavioral risks including alcohol and substance use. This explor…
Diverging Pathways, Developmental Transformations, Multiple Etiologies and the Problem of Continuity in Development
Could homotypic continuity be assumed, determining the degree of continuity in individual development over time would be straightforward. But simple stability is rarely obtained for several reasons, as will be illustrated by research examples. Data from an ongoing longitudinal study following children from birth through age 10–11 illustrate impressive continuity over time. Yet, determining the degree of coherence or continuity in individual adapt…
Marital Quality over the Transition to Parenthood as a Predictor of Coparenting
Women’s Retrospective Experiences of Bereavement
This study’s goal was to gain a better understanding of why some women become unresolved with regard to loss and others do not. Sixty women were administered (a) the adult attachment interview to assess their childhood relationship with their parents and experience of and response to loss and (b) a grief interview that was coded for circumstances surrounding bereavement experiences: relationship to the deceased, cause of death, suddenness, develo…
Coparenting Problems with Toddlers Predict Children’s Symptoms of Psychological Problems at Age 7
Birth and Motherhood
Childbirth is a major experience in a woman's life, but the relation between childbirth experiences and later mother–infant outcomes has been understudied. This study examined the relation between mode of delivery and subjective birth experience (e.g., perception of control, social support during labor and delivery), and mothers’ descriptions of their babies and their maternal self-esteem, both powerful predictors of maternal caregiving behavior.…
Disorganized attachment in infancy
Disorganized/Disoriented (D) attachment has seen widespread interest from policy makers, practitioners, and clinicians in recent years. However, some of this interest seems to have been based on some false assumptions that (1) attachment measures can be used as definitive assessments of the individual in forensic/child protection settings and that disorganized attachment (2) reliably indicates child maltreatment, (3) is a strong predictor of path…
Coparenting dynamics
This study utilizes the actor–partner interdependence model to examine mothers' and fathers' support of their partner and involvement in parental decision making during coparenting interactions in relation to cooperative and competitive coparenting in a sample of 125 first‐time parents with a 24‐month‐old child. Fathers showed greater instances of support for their partner than did mothers, and mothers demonstrated higher levels of involvement in…
Understanding the Connection Between Attachment Trauma and Maternal Self‐efficacy in Depressed Mothers
Maternal self‐efficacy predicts sensitive and responsive caregiving. Low maternal self‐efficacy is associated with a higher incidence of postpartum depression. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression can both be buffered by social support. Maternal self‐efficacy and postpartum depression have both been linked independently, albeit in separate studies, to the experience of violent trauma, childhood maltreatment, and spousal abuse. This st…
Fathers’ attachment representations and infant feeding practices
This study examined how fathers' adult attachment representations, assessed before the birth of their first child, predict feeding practices with their 8-month-old infants. Fathers have been underrepresented in child feeding research, particularly in longitudinal and observational studies. Feeding is a key parenting task of infancy and a growing number of studies have begun to explore the connection between attachment and parental feeding practic…
An Extraordinarily Pernicious Influence
Discourses about the dangers of spoiling children and images of grandparents came together in nineteenth-century literature, with the literary figure of the spoiling grandmother emerging as familiar cultural currency. From there, it would become a concern for the generation of psychoanalysts after Freud, for whom the grandmother represented a dangerous supplement to the importance of the mother for a child’s psychological development. The literar…
Toddlers' Emotional Overregulation
Maternal experiences of childhood psychological maltreatment
Childhood psychological maltreatment is a prevalent type of maltreatment, but one that is less studied compared to other forms of abuse. The intergenerational effects of psychological maltreatment have yet to be fully explored. This study examined mothers’ recollections of childhood experiences of psychological maltreatment, assessed prenatally, and in relation to their own and their toddler’s emotion regulation. Psychological maltreatment was as…
Developmental psychology (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)