Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function?

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Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function? / Mygind, Lærke; Greenwood, Christopher; Letcher, Primrose; Mavoa, Suzanne; Lycett, Kate; Wang, Yichao; Flensborg-Madsen, Trine; Bentsen, Peter; Macdonald, Jacqui A.; Thomson, Kimberly; Hutchinson, Delyse; Olsson, Craig A.; Enticott, Peter G.

In: Environment and Behavior, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2023, p. 278-306.

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Harvard

Mygind, L, Greenwood, C, Letcher, P, Mavoa, S, Lycett, K, Wang, Y, Flensborg-Madsen, T, Bentsen, P, Macdonald, JA, Thomson, K, Hutchinson, D, Olsson, CA & Enticott, PG 2023, 'Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function?', Environment and Behavior, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 278-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231182686

APA

Mygind, L., Greenwood, C., Letcher, P., Mavoa, S., Lycett, K., Wang, Y., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Bentsen, P., Macdonald, J. A., Thomson, K., Hutchinson, D., Olsson, C. A., & Enticott, P. G. (2023). Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function? Environment and Behavior, 55(4), 278-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231182686

Vancouver

Mygind L, Greenwood C, Letcher P, Mavoa S, Lycett K, Wang Y et al. Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function? Environment and Behavior. 2023;55(4):278-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231182686

Author

Mygind, Lærke ; Greenwood, Christopher ; Letcher, Primrose ; Mavoa, Suzanne ; Lycett, Kate ; Wang, Yichao ; Flensborg-Madsen, Trine ; Bentsen, Peter ; Macdonald, Jacqui A. ; Thomson, Kimberly ; Hutchinson, Delyse ; Olsson, Craig A. ; Enticott, Peter G. / Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function?. In: Environment and Behavior. 2023 ; Vol. 55, No. 4. pp. 278-306.

Bibtex

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title = "Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function?",
abstract = "Nurturing relationships are crucial for adaptive child development. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether nature availability was associated with early nurturing parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, and infant socioemotional function. Data were from the Australian Temperament Project (n = 809 infants to 515 parents residing in Victoria, Australia) and were linked cross-sectionally to residential greenness (i.e., Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index). There were no observable associations between residential greenness within a 1,600 m network radius and parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, or infant socioemotional function. The findings were largely corroborated by sensitivity analyses (i.e., NDVI within 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 m and distance to park). Shorter distances to a park were associated with less hostile parenting. More residential greenness (1,000 and 1,600 m) was associated with stronger father-infant bonding and more hostile parenting amongst the most stressed parents in exploratory analyses. Residential greenness might be a socioecological precursor for father-infant bonding.",
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AU - Lycett, Kate

AU - Wang, Yichao

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AU - Bentsen, Peter

AU - Macdonald, Jacqui A.

AU - Thomson, Kimberly

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AU - Enticott, Peter G.

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N2 - Nurturing relationships are crucial for adaptive child development. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether nature availability was associated with early nurturing parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, and infant socioemotional function. Data were from the Australian Temperament Project (n = 809 infants to 515 parents residing in Victoria, Australia) and were linked cross-sectionally to residential greenness (i.e., Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index). There were no observable associations between residential greenness within a 1,600 m network radius and parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, or infant socioemotional function. The findings were largely corroborated by sensitivity analyses (i.e., NDVI within 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 m and distance to park). Shorter distances to a park were associated with less hostile parenting. More residential greenness (1,000 and 1,600 m) was associated with stronger father-infant bonding and more hostile parenting amongst the most stressed parents in exploratory analyses. Residential greenness might be a socioecological precursor for father-infant bonding.

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