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Baker, Elizabeth J. – 1981
To investigate the relationship of differences in 2-year-old children's reactions to strangers to differences in their temperaments and their security of attachment with their mothers, a correlational study was conducted with 47 infants and their parents. In the first component of the study, both parents completed a child temperament rating…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedMatas, Leah; And Others – Child Development, 1978
The link between the quality of attachment in infancy and the quality of play and problem-solving behavior at age two years was examined in 48 infants. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Competence, Play
Peer reviewedValenzuela, Marta – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Used home observations and laboratory procedures with 85 Chilean mothers and infants to examine the association between infants' chronic undernutrition and maternal sensitivity, sociodemographic variables, and infants' play and problem solving. Found that maternal sensitivity was correlated with maternal education, maternal weight, marital…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Context Effect, Developing Nations
Ward, Mary J.; And Others – 1983
Consistency in characteristics of maternal behavior with different siblings was investigated among 65 economically disadvantaged families, each having two children. Quality of infant/mother attachment was assessed when firstborn children were 12 and 18 months old, respectively, and when secondborn children were 12 months old. When children were 24…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Birth Order, Disadvantaged, Infants
Peer reviewedFrankel, Karen A.; Bates, John E. – Child Development, 1990
Attempted to replicate findings of a previous study which found that mother-toddler interaction during problem solving was related to the child's prior attachment security. Examined the relationship between problem-solving interactions on the one hand, and mother-child interactions at home and infant temperament on the other. (PCB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infant Behavior, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Fu, Victoria R.; And Others – 1984
A developmental interactionist model for promoting social competence is proposed. It is argued that personal and social resources present in infancy are expanded, refined, and hierarchically reorganized continuously throughout the life-span as a function of development and experience. Social competence is seen as the result of integrating and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Children
Peer reviewedHonig, Alice S. – Young Children, 1985
Discusses research which shows the development of compliance in infants and young children. Describes the relationships between compliance and attachment to parents, childrearing style, timing and setting of control techniques, and development of self-control and problem-solving abilities. Discusses the importance of mother-child relationships for…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Cooperation, Discipline
