Johanne Smith-Nielsen

Johanne Smith-Nielsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published
  3. Published

    The significance of parental mentalizing for four-year-old children's solitary pretend play

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Stuart, Anne Christine, Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella, Egmose, Ida, Roos, C. O. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 31 Jan 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 1 January, e0297671.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention

    Shai, D., Boris, N., Brandzæg, I., Torsteinson, S., Spencer, R., Haugaard, K. & Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. p. 1024-1037

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2023
  6. Published
  7. Published

    Four‐year‐old children's pretend play complexity during free play and story stem play and associations with maternal sensitivity

    Stuart, Anne Christine, Roos, C. O., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Egmose, Ida & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 10 Apr 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 64, p. 644-651

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Parental reflective functioning in adult outpatients with personality disorders: associations with symptoms of psychopathology and interpersonal problems

    Hestbaek, E., Kretzschmar, O., Krasnik, H., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Juul, Sophie, Væver, Mette Skovgaard & Simonsen, S., 28 Mar 2023, In: Nordic Psychology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2022
  10. Published
  11. Published

    The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire: Infant Version in Fathers of Infants and Association with Paternal Postpartum Mental Health

    Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Stuart, Anne Christine & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 14 Oct 2022, In: Infant Mental Health Journal. 43, 6, p. 921-937

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Et forældreperspektiv på ADBB-observationen: Implikationer for praksis

    Egmose, Ida, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Steinmejer, P., von Wowern - Davies, Rie Krondorf & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Oct 2022, Center for Tidlig Indsats og Familieforskning, Institut for Psykologi, Københavns Universitet. 29 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Associations between symptoms of maternal postpartum depression, gestational age and infant social withdrawal: A longitudinal study in a community cohort

    Stuart, Anne Christine, Stougård, Maria, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Egmose, Ida, Guedeney, A. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 29 Apr 2022, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 40, 3, p. 371-383

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing the Circle of Security-parenting (COS-P) with treatment as usual in child mental health services

    Bikic, A., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Dalsgaard, Søren, Swain, J., Fonagy, P. & Leckman, J. F., 26 Apr 2022, In: Plos One. 17, 4, 19 p., e0265676.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Indsatser i forhold til fødselsdepression: En litteraturgennemgang af eksisterende viden

    Pontoppidan, M., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne & Nøhr, K., 7 Jan 2022, København: VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd. 83 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The impact of childhood adversity on parenting stress is mediated by adult attachment and depressive symptoms

    Madsen, Eva Back, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Egmose, Ida, Lange, Theis & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 63, 1, p. 47-54 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2021
  18. Published
  19. Published

    Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety?

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Egmose, Ida, Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella, Steinmejer, P., Lange, Theis & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2021, In: BMC Psychology. 9, 1, 11 p., 118.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    How to screen for social withdrawal in primary care: An evaluation of the alarm distress baby scale using item response theory

    Egmose, Ida, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Lange, Theis, Stougård, Maria, Stuart, Anne Christine, Guedeney, A. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2021, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances. 3, 11 p., 100038.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Shortening the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale using optimal test assembly methods: Development of the EPDS-Dep-5

    Harel, D., Levis, B., Ishihara, M., Levis, A. W., Vigod, S. N., Howard, L. M., Thombs, B. D., Benedetti, A., Sun, Y., He, C., Krishnan, A., Wu, Y., Bhandari, P. M., Neupane, D., Negeri, Z., Imran, M., Rice, D. B., Azar, M., Chiovitti, M. J., Saadat, N. & 31 others, Riehm, K. E., Boruff, J. T., Cuijpers, P., Gilbody, S., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Kloda, L. A., Patten, S. B., Shrier, I., Ziegelstein, R. C., Comeau, L., Mitchell, N. D., Tonelli, M., Barnes, J., Beck, C. T., Bindt, C., de Figueiredo, F. P., Fellmeth, G., Figueiredo, B., Green, E. P., Helle, N., Kettunen, P. A., Kohlhoff, J., Kozinszky, Z., Leonardou, A. A., Nakić Radoš, S., Rochat, T. J., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Stein, A., Stewart, R. C., Væver, Mette Skovgaard & the DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) EPDS Collaboration, T. D. S. D. (. E. C., 2021, In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 143, 4, p. 348-362 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published
  23. 2020
  24. Accepted/In press

    Associations of maternal sensitivity and embodied mentalizing with infant-mother attachment security at one year in depressed and non-depressed dyads

    Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Cordes, K., Stuart, Anne Christine, Tharner, A., Shai, D., Spencer, R. & Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Dec 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Attachment and Human Development.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Maternal postpartum depression is a risk factor for infant emotional variability at 4 months

    Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Egmose, Ida, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne & Tharner, A., 14 Feb 2020, In: Infant Mental Health Journal. 41, 4, p. 477-494

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Maternal-fetal bonding among pregnant women at psychosocial risk: The roles of adult attachment style, prenatal parental reflective functioning, and depressive symptoms

    Røhder, Katrine, Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Aarestrup, A. K., Jacobsen, R. K., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne & Schiøtz, M. L., 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 9, e0239208.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 2019
  28. Published
  29. Published

    Motor activity and spatial proximity: Relationships to infant emotions and maternal postpartum depression

    Egmose, Ida, Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Varni, G. & Køppe, Simo, 2019, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 57, 101335.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 2018
  31. Published

    Implementation of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale as a universal screening instrument in primary care: Feasibility, acceptability, and predictors of professionals’ adherence to guidelines

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Lønfeldt, N. N., Guedeney, A. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Mar 2018, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 79, p. 104-113 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Mutual regulation between infant facial affect and maternal touch in depressed and nondepressed dyads

    Egmose, Ida, Cordes, K., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Væver, Mette Skovgaard & Køppe, Simo, Feb 2018, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 50, p. 274-283 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale against both DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for depression

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Matthey, S., Lange, Theis & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2018, In: BMC Psychiatry. 18, 12 p., 393.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. 2017
  35. Published

    Relations between automatically extracted motion features and the quality of mother-infant interactions at 4 and 13 months

    Egmose, Ida, Varni, G., Cordes, K., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Køppe, Simo, Cohen, D. & Chetouani, M., 13 Dec 2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, DEC, 2178.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Maternal touch in caregiving behavior of mothers with and without postpartum depression

    Cordes, K., Egmose, Ida, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Køppe, Simo & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 1 Nov 2017, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 49, p. 182-191 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Reflective functioning in postpartum depressed women with and without comorbid personality disorder

    Cordes, K., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Tharner, A., Katznelson, Hannah, Steele, H. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Feb 2017, In: Psychoanalytic Psychology. 34, 4, p. 414-421

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 2016
  39. Published

    Postpartum depression and infant-mother attachment at one year: the impact of co-morbid maternal personality disorder

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Tharner, A., Steele, H., Cordes, K. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 1 Jun 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  40. Published
  41. Published
  42. Published
  43. Published

    Effects of maternal postpartum depression in a well-resourced sample: Early concurrent and long-term effects on infant cognitive, language, and motor development

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Tharner, A., Krogh, Marianne Thode & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2016, In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 57, 6, p. 571–583

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Postpartum Depression And Infant-Mother Attachment Security At One Year: The Impact Of Co-Morbid Maternal Personality Disorders

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Tharner, A., Steele, H., Cordes, K., Mehlhase, H. & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2016, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 44, p. 148-158

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 2015
  46. Published

    Effects of maternal postpartum depression in a well-resourced sample: early concurrent and longitudinal effects on infant cognitive, language, and motor development

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Væver, Mette Skovgaard & Tharner, A., 12 Mar 2015.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Postpartum Depression: A Risk factor for Infant Development and Infant-Mother Attachment?

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, 26 Feb 2015, Kbh.: Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen. 144 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  48. Published
  49. Published

    Infants of Depressed Mothers Show Reduced Gaze Activity During Mother–Infant Interaction at 4 Months

    Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Krogh, Marianne Thode, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Christensen, T. T. & Tharner, A., 2015, In: Infancy. 20, 4, p. 445-454 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Links Among High EPDS Scores, State of Mind Regarding Attachment, and Symptoms of Personality Disorder

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Steele, H., Mehlhase, H., Cordes, K., Steele, M., Harder, Susanne & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, 2015, In: Journal of Personality Disorders. 29, 6, p. 771-793 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published
  52. Published
  53. 2014
  54. Published

    Concurrent and long term effects of maternal postpartum depression (PPD) on infant development as measured by the bayley scales of infant development - III (BSID-III): does gender matter?

    Smith-Nielsen, Johanne & Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Jun 2014, In: Infant Mental Health Journal. 35, 3, supplement, p. 69

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Different amounts of protest in 4-month-old infants of depressed vs. non-depressed mothers

    Gufler, S. R., Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Væver, Mette Skovgaard & Harder, Susanne, 2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  56. 2013
  57. Published

    Measuring spatial proximity in mother-infant interaction: A kinematic approach for an examination of the effects of maternal postpartum depression

    Væver, Mette Skovgaard, Krogh, Marianne Thode, Smith-Nielsen, Johanne, Harder, Susanne & Køppe, Simo, 2013, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 36, 3, p. 427-431 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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