Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies

Our research

At CIF, we have several studies running at the same time, and all of our research is related to mental health in infancy and early childhood, parental resources, early detection, and/or preventive interventions.

Our current studies

CIF’s newest scientific publications

Egmose, I., Krogh, M. T., Stuart, A. C., Haase, T. W., Madsen, E. B. & Væver, M. S. (2022). How are mothers negatively affected and supported by following parenting-related Instagram profiles? A mixed-methods study. Acta Psychologica, 227, 103593.

Egmose, I., Tharner, A., Liebenberg, K. B., Steenhoff, T. & Væver, M. S. (2022). Long-term effects of maternal postpartum depression on mothers’ and fathers’ parenting stress. Early Child Development and Care, 192(2), 220-232.

Madsen, E. B., Smith-Nielsen, J., Egmose, I., Lange, T. & Væver, M. S. (2022). The impact of childhood adversity on parenting stress is mediated by adult attachment and depressive symptoms. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 63(1), 47-54.

Stuart, A.C., Stougård, M., Smith-Nielsen, J., Egmose, I., Guedeney, A., & Væver, M.S. (2022). Associations between symptoms of maternal postpartum depression, gestational age, and infant social withdrawal: a longitudinal study in a community cohort. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Epub ahead of print.

Væver, M.S., Krogh, M.T., Stuart, A.C., Madsen, E. B., Haase, T. W. & Egmose, I. (2022). Understanding Your Baby: Protocol for a controlled parallel group study of a universal home-based educational program for first time parents. BMC Psychology, 10, 223.

Find the rest of CIF's publications under Publications and outreach.

Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies

Our research

Our current studies

The Copenhagen Daycare Project

Understanding Your Baby

promoting sensitivity in center-based childcare

Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline

ADBB in Denmark

Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Project

PhD projects

CIF’s newest scientific publications