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Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Behrens, Kazuko Y.; Umemura, Tomo; Nakano, Shigeru – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The current study investigated the intergenerational transmission of attachment in Sapporo, Japan, using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). This is the first SSP study in Sapporo in three decades, after a study in the mid-1980s reported controversial results. The SSP distributions found in the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Infants
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Leerkes, Esther M.; Bailes, Lauren G.; Augustine, Mairin E. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
We examined the extent to which new mothers' recollections of their mothers' emotion socialization practices during childhood predict sensitive/supportive responses to their own toddlers in distressing situations both directly and indirectly via effects on mothers' social information processing about infant cry signals. Mothers' adult attachment…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Socialization
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Raby, K. Lee; Cicchetti, Dante; Carlson, Elizabeth A.; Egeland, Byron; Collins, W. Andrew – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Longitudinal research has demonstrated that individual differences in attachment security show only modest continuity from infancy to adulthood. Recent findings based on retrospective reports suggest that individuals' genetic variation may moderate the developmental associations between early attachment-relevant relationship…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology), Genetics
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Haydon, Katherine C.; Collins, W. A.; Salvatore, Jessica E.; Simpson, Jeffry A.; Roisman, Glenn I. – Child Development, 2012
To test proposals regarding the hierarchical organization of adult attachment, this study examined developmental origins of generalized and romantic attachment representations and their concurrent associations with romantic functioning. Participants (N = 112) in a 35-year prospective study completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and Current…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Statistical Analysis
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Whipple, Natasha; Bernier, Annie; Mageau, Genevieve A. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine the developmental significance of the newly developed dimensional approach to attachment state of mind by investigating its capacity to predict individual differences in the quality of two caregiving behaviors--maternal sensitivity and maternal autonomy support--that are linked to numerous important child…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Prediction
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Howes, Carollee; Vu, Jennifer A.; Hamilton, Claire – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
Continuity and intergenerational transmission of representations of attachment were examined in a longitudinal sample of 88 Mexican immigrant mothers and their children who participated in the local intervention group of the Early Head Start Evaluation Study. The authors interviewed mothers with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and Parent…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disadvantaged Youth, Attachment Behavior, Mexican Americans
Fortuna, Keren – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Previous research has revealed only modest concordance in attachment security between siblings during childhood and adolescence. The first goal of this dissertation was to estimate sibling concordance in adult attachment security and identify factors contributing to divergence. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered to young adult…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Young Adults, Children
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Creasey, Gary – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
The goal of this study was to specify relations between internal working models of attachment (IWM) and conflict management behaviors in a sample of young adults involved in romantic relationships. One hundred forty-five romantic couples were recruited to address this goal. All participants were administered the Adult Attachment Interview (C.…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Conflict, Attachment Behavior, Observation