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Item Open Access Coparenting in the context of mother-father-infant versus mother-grandmother-infant triangular interactions in Turkey(Springer New York LLC, 2018) Salman-Engin, Selin; Sümer, N.; Sağel, E.; McHale, J.In this report, coparenting behaviors during triangular interactions among families raising a 3-month-old infant in Turkey are examined. Given the significant role played by extended family members in Turkish culture, coparenting dynamics were examined as mothers and babies played together with grandmothers, as well as together with fathers. Forty-five families took part, and 42 father-mother-baby and 33 grandmother-mother-baby triangular interactions of approximately 10 min in length were filmed during the Lausanne Trilogue Play. From videotapes of the interactions, individual and mutual coparenting behaviors were evaluated using the Coparenting and Family Rating System: 3 Month Adaptation (CFRS3M). Results indicated that while mothers’ own parenting behavior when in the LTP role of Active Parent (AP) was comparable whether with fathers or grandmothers, their behavior when in the LTP role of third party parent (TPP) was comparatively more engaged while with fathers than while with grandmothers. Fathers were comparatively less engaged when occupying the TPP role than were mothers in the TPP role, while grandmothers showed more flirting and distracting behavior in the TPP role than did either fathers or mothers. These findings are significant in documenting meaningful distinctions in Turkish grandmothers’ as well as in Turkish fathers’ and mothers’ coparenting propensities when engaging in triangular interactions with babies during the LTP.Item Open Access The effects of video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline for maternal sensitivity in Turkey(Turkish Psychological Association, 2020) Sümer, N.; Metin-Orta, İ.; Alsancak-Akbulut, C.; Salman-Engin, Selin; İlden-Koçkar, A.; Şahin-Acar, B.; Akkol-Solakoğlu, S.; Aran, Ö.; Çakır, D. S.; Kavaklı, B.; Memişoğlu-Şanlı, A.; Sağel-Çetiner, E.; Türe, D.; Üstünel, A. Ö.; Yaşar, B.The aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive adaptation of a Video-feedback Intervention to promote ‘Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline’ (VIPP-SD) in Turkey, and to assess its effectiveness on maternal sensitivity. The study included mothers of 9-33-months-old children, with a relatively lower SES, from Ankara and İstanbul (Nfemale = 48). The sample was randomly divided into two groups as control and intervention. Four thematic meetings regarding sensitivity and sensitive discipline were held with the 59 mothers who were in the intervention group. Through intervention sessions, mothers were shown and provided with feedback on short videos, in which they had been recorded in the previous session, interacting with their children. Maternal sensitivity was evaluated through the ‘Ainsworth Maternal Sensitivity Scale’ by coding the recorded video clips showing mother-child interactions. Maternal behaviors and attitudes towards discipline were assessed by the ‘Maternal Attitudes toward Sensitivity and Sensitive Discipline Scale’. The results showed that there was a significant increase in mothers’ observed maternal sensitivity and reported attitudes toward maternal sensitivity in the intervention group between pre-test and post-test assessments, whereas there was no significant change in the control group. There was no significant effect of the program on self-reported attitudes toward sensitive discipline. These results suggest that VIPPSD is effective in increasing maternal sensitivity in low-middle SES mothers in the relatively collectivistic culture of Turkey.Item Open Access Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families(Wiley, 2023-08-22) McHale, James; Tissot, Herve; Mazzoni, Silvia; Hedenbro, Monica; Salman-Engin, Selin; Philipp, Diane A.; Darwiche, Joëlle; Keren, Miri; Collins, Russia; Coates, Erica; Mensi, Martina; Corboz-Warnery, Antoinette; Fivaz-Depeursinge, ElisabethWhen working with families of infants and toddlers, intentionally looking beyond dyadic child-parent relationship functioning to conceptualize the child's socioemotional adaptation within their broader family collective can enhance the likelihood that clinical gains will be supported and sustained. However, there has been little expert guidance regarding how best to frame infant-family mental health therapeutic encounters for the adults responsible for the child's care and upbringing in a manner that elevates their mindfulness about and their resolve to strengthen the impact of their coparenting collective. This article describes a new collaborative initiative organized by family-oriented infant mental health professionals across several different countries, all of whom bring expansive expertise assessing and working with coparenting and triangular family dynamics. The Collaborative's aims are to identify a means for framing initial infant mental health encounters and intakes with families with the goal of assessing and raising family consciousness about the relevance of coparenting. Initial points of convergence and growing points identified by the Collaborative for subsequent field study are addressed.Item Open Access Minimal social interactions with strangers predict greater subjective well-being(Springer, 2021) Gunaydin, G.; Öztekin, Hazal; Karabulut, Deniz Hazal; Salman-Engin, SelinPast empirical work has repeatedly revealed that positive social interactions including expressing gratitude and socializing are associated with greater happiness. However, this work predominantly focused on prolonged interactions with close relationship partners. Only a few studies demonstrated hedonic benefits of forming social connections with strangers. The present research investigated whether minimal social interactions with strangers—just taking a moment to greet, thank, and express good wishes to strangers—contribute to happiness of individuals who initiate these interactions. Study 1 (N = 856) provided correlational evidence that commuters who reported engaging in minimal positive social interactions with shuttle drivers experienced greater subjective well-being (life satisfaction and positive affect). Moreover, hedonic benefits of positive social interactions went beyond relatively more neutral social interactions, Big-Five personality factors, and age, speaking to the robustness of the effect. Study 2 (N = 265) provided experimental evidence that commuters who greeted, thanked, or expressed good wishes to shuttle drivers experienced greater momentary positive affect than those who did not speak with drivers. These findings add to the burgeoning literature on hedonic benefits of interacting with strangers by showing that even very minimal social interactions with strangers contribute to subjective well-being in everyday life.