<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/"><dcterms:title>Parenting stress is associated with greater stimulus-oriented brain synchrony in father-child dyads</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/PFHB88</dcterms:identifier><dcterms:creator>Esposito, Gianluca</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Azhari, Atiqah</dcterms:creator><dcterms:publisher>DR-NTU (Data)</dcterms:publisher><dcterms:issued>2020-05-12</dcterms:issued><dcterms:modified>2022-07-12T09:08:03Z</dcterms:modified><dcterms:description>Parenting stress that protracts beyond the psychological resources of the parent may lead to adverse caregiving responses that undermine the quality of the parent-child relationship. In developmental psychology, synchrony reflects the biobehavioural entrainment of parent and child to each other’s emotional states, where greater synchrony is generally posited to be associated with an enhanced quality of parent-child relationship. We have previously investigated mother-child prefrontal cortical (PFC) synchrony using functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and showed that greater maternal stress was linked to reduced synchrony in PFC areas involved in mentalisation processes. However, fathers and mothers differ in regard to how they experience and respond to parenting stress. As such, the present study serves aims to examine how fathers’ parenting stress affects father-child brain-to-brain synchrony. Hyperscanning fNIRS was used to record the PFC activities of  29 father-child dyads as they engaged in a typical activity of watching animation shows together. Three 1-min video clips were presented to each pair and synchrony between dyadic members was quantified algorithmically afterwards. Fathers’ parenting stress was evaluated using a self-reported Parenting Stress Index-Short Form questionnaire. Findings show that greater parenting stress that stems from a perceived dysfunction in parent-child interaction is associated with higher synchrony in the medial rostral Brodmann Area 10 (BA10). This area is known to be implicated in stimulus-oriented attending, and is rendered less active during stimulus-independent processes such as mentalisation. This result suggests that dyads in which the father reports greater parenting stress are more likely to attend to sensory aspects of a joint activity, rather than engage in mentalisation processes which may help the father-child pair attune to each other’s emotions.</dcterms:description><dcterms:subject>Social Sciences</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>synchrony</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>parent-child</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>parenting stress</dcterms:subject><dcterms:language>English</dcterms:language><dcterms:isReferencedBy>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GLcsUhKltVIZY_HzcZB0bX6d3VtPNSvGCs9mATEi9DM</dcterms:isReferencedBy><dcterms:contributor>Esposito, Gianluca</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:dateSubmitted>2020-03-02</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:type>fNIRS</dcterms:type><dcterms:license>CC BY-NC 4.0</dcterms:license></metadata>