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Sensitivity and Attachment: Next Steps for Developmentalists.
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van den Boom, Dymphna C. – Child Development, 1997
Focuses on definition of sensitivity, developmental changes in sensitivity, and clinical implications of attachment. Maintains that promptness, consistency, and appropriateness are the main components of sensitivity across parenting dimensions. Suggests that studying infant antecedents to attachment security is equally important to that of parent…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Individual Development, Infant Behavior
The Stability of Attachment Security from Infancy to Adolescence and Early Adulthood: General Discussion.
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Waters, Everett; Weinfield, Nancy S.; Hamilton, Claire E. – Child Development, 2000
Maintains that the preceding studies extend a long line of research demonstrating the coherence of individual development in attachment security. Notes that the studies clarify that attachment security can be stable from infancy through early adulthood and that changes in security are meaningfully related to changes in the family environment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Individual Development
Sensitivity and Security: New Questions to Ponder.
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Thompson, Ross A. – Child Development, 1997
Suggests future directions for study of sensitivity and its impact on early psychosocial development: (1) renewed attention to growth of attachment in context of other developing features of the parent-child relationship; (2) factors that moderate impact of sensitivity on developing security; (3) origins of individual differences in sensitivity;…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Individual Differences
Collective Construction of the Self and Social Relationships: A Rejoinder and Some Extensions.
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Kitayama, Shinobu – Child Development, 2000
Elaborates on the basic thesis developed by Rothbaum et al., underscoring the significance of the co-constructive process of the self and social relationship. Discusses implications for future cultural psychological inquiry in this area. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Infants at Social Risk: Maternal Depression and Family Support Services as Mediators of Infant Development and Security of Attachment.
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Lyons-Ruth, Karlen, And Others. – Child Development, 1990
Infants of depressed mothers who were visited at home outperformed infants of depressed mothers who received no intervention services by an average of 10 points on the Bayley Mental Scale and were twice as likely to be classified as securely attached. Unserved, high-risk infants showed a high rate of insecure-disorganized attachments. (RH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Family Programs
Social Networks, Quality of Child Rearing, and Child Development.
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Crittenden, Patricia M. – Child Development, 1985
Three hypotheses were investigated among 121 maltreating and adequate mother/child dyads: that (1) there would be qualitative differences in the supportiveness of mothers' networks; (2) differences would be related to differences in child attachment to mother; and (3) differences in mothers' approaches to relationships might have influenced their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Rearing
Developmental Patterns in Security of Attachment to Mother and Father in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: Associations with Peer Relations.
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Lieberman, Melissa; Doyle, Anna-Beth; Markiewicz, Dorothy – Child Development, 1999
Examined developmental differences in parental availability and child dependency in late childhood and early adolescence and their association with peer relations. Found that children's perceptions of mother's availability and boys' perceptions of father's availability did not change with age. Dependency decreased with age. Positive friendship…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Child Development