Roles of Living Arrangements and Grandmother Social Support in Adolescent Mothering and Infant Attachment.

Spieker, Susan J.; Bensley, Lillian

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ERIC Number: EJ478198

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Publication Date: 1994

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Roles of Living Arrangements and Grandmother Social Support in Adolescent Mothering and Infant Attachment.

Spieker, Susan J.; Bensley, Lillian

Developmental Psychology, v30 n1 p102-11 Jan 1994

Examined mother-infant teaching interactions, Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) scores, and infant attachment security in 197 adolescent mothers and their infants. Adolescent mothers who were living with neither their own mothers nor their partners had better teaching interactions but lower HOME scores than those adolescent mothers who were living with their mothers. (MDM)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Early Parenthood, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Grandparents, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Social Support Groups

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment

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