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SynthesisNursing & health sciences2025

Parent-Infant Attachment and Gross Motor Development During the First 2 Years of Life: A Systematic Review.

Alicia Varas-Meis, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, Miriam Gallarin, Carmen Lillo-Navarro

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Synthesis in Nursing & health sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alicia Varas-MeisUniversidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-3468
Itziar Alonso-ArbiolUniversity of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-085X
Miriam GallarinUniversity of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-9146
Carmen Lillo-NavarroCenter for Translational Research in Physical Therapy (CEIT), Department of Pathology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5074-8338

Funding

Eusko Jaurlaritza IT1598-22Eusko Jaurlaritza IT1797-26
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The attachment system is crucial in several aspects of child development. We aimed at synthesizing the existing knowledge on the association between mother/father attachment to the infant and gross motor development during the first 2 years of life. A systematic review following PRISMA standards was preregistered in PROSPERO (CRD42022308841) in April 2022 and conducted in May 2022 (updated: July 2023, July 2024, and January 2025). PubMed, Web of Science, APA PsycINFO, and PSICODOC databases were searched. Peer-reviewed observational studies in English or Spanish with a minimum score of five on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, used for assessing bias risk, were included. Results are critically presented and synthesized. Ten studies were selected out of the initial pool of 813 records. Findings are described based on the parent-infant attachment and gross motor development, the association of parental roles and co-parenting dynamics, and the effect of stress on motor development. Positive early parent-infant interactions and secure parent-infant attachment are associated with better infant motor development. Studies with larger samples and more specific motor assessments are suggested for the advancement of the field.

Indexed as

Child DevelopmentMotor SkillsObject AttachmentParent-Child RelationsParentingAdultFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleattachmentmotor skillsobservational studyparent–child relationssystematic review

Identifiers

PMID41350885
PMCPMC12680892

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