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Peer reviewedScarr, Sandra – Child Development, 1993
Posits that an evolutionary perspective can unite the study of the typical development for and individual variation within a species and that environments within the normal range for a species are required for species-normal development. Individual differences in children reared in normal environments arise primarily from genetic variation and…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Environment
Peer reviewedLyons-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
