Parenting Stress Study (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

Parenting Stress Study

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Researchers from NTU Singapore found that mothers who reported higher levels of parenting stress had less synchrony in brain activity with their child. This means the stressed mother is less attuned to her child and this may reduce the quality of parental engagement in the long run. (From left) Ms Leck Wan Qing (recent NTU psychology graduate), Assistant Professor Gianluca Esposito, Mr Giulio Gabrieli (PhD student) and Ms Atiqah Azhari (PhD student), all from the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab under NTU's School of Social Sciences. (In the foreground) Housewife Yap Kar Lai and her son Xu Wen Xuan, watch an animation together.

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