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Campos, Joseph J.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1992
Examined the possibility that relations in the family system are affected when infants begin to crawl. Parents' expressions of prohibition and anger, and their use of physical punishment, increased after infants began to crawl. (BG)
Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Anger, Attachment Behavior

Rothbart, Mary K.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1992
Infants' orienting of attention undergoes marked development in the first six months of life. Changes in attentional control appear to be related to infants' susceptibility to distress. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Attention Control

Belsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Maintains that it is premature to conclude that Q-Sort is preferable to Strange Situation for the assessment of attachment security of infants in day care. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education

Ainslie, Ricardo C. – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Two studies examine moderators of adjustment in children who have been in full-time day care since infancy. Results suggest that, for children in child care of reasonably good quality, home variables may be more important than center variables in moderating security of attachment. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers