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Attachment, Temperament, and Adrenocortical Activity in Infancy. A Study of Psychoendocrine Regulation.
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Gunnar, Megan R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined relations among adrenocortical stress reactivity, infant emotional or proneness-to-distress temperament, and quality of attachment in 66 infants tested at 9 and 13 months. Adrenocortical activity was not associated with attachment classifications. Significant only at 9 months, elevations in cortisol were small. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Infants, Personality
Social Network Relationships as Sources of Maternal Support and Well-Being.
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Levitt, Mary J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
A total of 43 mothers of 13-month-old infants were asked to position individuals who were close to them in a network diagram and to indicate which of those individuals provided support. Mothers reported extended networks. Results affirm the importance of spousal support for mothers of infants in intact families. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Experience, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship
Temperament and Attachment Security in the Strange Situation: An Empirical Rapproachement.
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Belsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael – Child Development, 1987
Findings suggest that infant temperament affects the manner in which security or insecurity is expressed, but does not determine whether an infant develops a secure or insecure attachment to parent. (PCB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infant Behavior, Infants
Individual Variation in Attachment Security and Strange Situation Behavior: The Role of Maternal and Infant Temperament.
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Weber, Ruth A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Results suggest that various aspects of Strange Situation behavior are related to both maternal and infant temperament, and that maternal temperament is a predictor of attachment security, particularly for Type A mother-avoidant infants. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences, Infants, Mothers
Infant Temperament, Mother's Mode of Interaction, and Attachment in Japan: An Interim Report.
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Miyake, Kazuo; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1985
Investigates the possible relationships among the variables of infant's temperament, mother's mode of interaction, and the quality of the subsequent mother-infant attachment. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers
Attachment Classification from the Perspective of Infant-Caregiver Relationships and Infant Temperament.
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Sroufe, L. Alan – Child Development, 1985
Temperament and attachment, as defined by Bowlby and his followers, are fundamentally different constructs, and research guided by the attachment perspective cannot meaningfully be assimilated to the temperament construct. Qualitative aspects of relationships simply cannot be reduced to individual behavioral dimensions. (RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Infants
Change in Maternal Behavior during the Baby's First Year of Life.
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Crockenberg, Susan; McCluskey, Karen – Child Development, 1986
Investigates whether, and under what conditions, mothers of irritable infants, in contrast to mothers of less irritable babies, become less responsive/sensitive over time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Infants
Attachment Security, Mother-Child Interaction, and Temperament as Predictors of Behavior-Problem Ratings at Age Three Years.
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Bates, John E.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1985
A study identified the antecedent characteristics of child and family best predicting behavioral/emotional problems at three years of age. Considered were the relationship of the index of attachment security to several mother-child relationship measures and to other child characteristics, such as difficult temperament and sociability. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Family Environment, Home Visits