Rachel Greenbaum

Mothers' Mental State Language and Emotional Availability: an Investigation of the Dyadic Interaction Between Mothers and Their Children Rachel Greenbaum

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.