Mothers' Mental State Language and Emotional Availability: An Investigation of the Dyadic Interaction between Mothers and their Children - Softcover

Elif Gocek; Nancy Cohen; Rachel Greenbaum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639041062 ISBN 13: 9783639041064

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2008

Synopsis

Did you know that there are differences in mothers' use of mental state language when they are interacting with their children in various contexts? This book is directed toward parents, clinicians, and all researchers dealing with problems between mothers and their children. The work systematically investigates mothers' use of mental state language, emotional availability, and the relationship between the two in the clinical and nonclinical mother-child dyads. Moreover, mothers' use of mental state language has been examined in three different contexts (the play, the snack, and the strange situation). This book is an important source in demonstrating the importance of considering mothers' use of mental state language and emotional availability when examining the quality in the mother-child relationship.

About this title

About the Author:

Elif G¿¿ek, Ph. D., is a clinical child psychologist. She is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. G¿¿ek has worked with children and their families for over 10 years, and has presented various workshops in the schools, hospitals and children mental health centers.

About this edition

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3639041062
• ISBN 13: 9783639041064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112