Alexithymia

Maternal alexithymia and caregiving behavior: the role of executive functioning – A FinnBrain Birth Cohort study

Authors: Elisabeth Nordenswan, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Mira Karrasch, Matti Laine, Juho Pelto, Eeva Holmberg, Hetti Lahtela, Hanna Ahrnberg, Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Riikka Korja

Journal: Archives of Women's Mental Health

Year Published: 2024

Purpose: The growing interest in parental cognition calls for research clarifying how cognition interacts with other parenting determinants to shape caregiving behavior. We studied the interplay between executive functioning (EF; cognitive processes that enable goal-directed thinking […]

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