Mothers’ and fathers’ mind-mindedness influences physiological emotion regulation of infants across the first year of life

The main aim of this study was to test whether mothers’ ( n = 116) and fathers’ ( n = 116) mind‐mindedness predicts infants’ physiological emotion regulation (heart rate variability; HRV) across the first year of life. Three hypotheses were examined: (a) parents’ mind‐mindedness at 4 and 12 months predicts infants’ HRV at 12 months over and above infants’ initial HRV levels at 4 months, (b) mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness independently...