Bio-behavioral Synchrony: A Model for Integrating Biological and Microsocial Behavioral Processes in the Study of Parenting

Ruth Feldman

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Abstract

A behavior-based neurobiological approach to the study of normative and high-risk parenting is presented and suggests that human affiliations are formed on the basis of bio-behavioral synchrony between the online physiological and behavioral processes of attachment partners. Theoretical foundations for the model ranging from neuroscience to phenomenology are discussed, and the unique expressions of micro-level synchrony are detailed across development. Specific disruptions to parameters of synchrony in various high-risk conditions and examples for time-locked processes of biology and behavior are described. Finally, implications of the findings to the implementation of specific interventions to mothers, fathers, and families are highlighted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)154-164
Number of pages11
JournalParenting
Volume12
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

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Funding Information:
Research is supported by the Israel Science Foundation (#1318/08), the US-Israel bi-national Science Foundation (2005-273), the NARSAD Foundation, the Irving B. Harris Foundation, and the Katz Family Foundation.

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