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Leigh, Irene W. – Volta Review, 1987
The author provides parents with information and suggestions about ways to alleviate strains placed on the natural attachment (bonding) process when their child has a hearing impairment. Strategies to foster the child's communicative and behavioral development are presented and the roles of parental responsivity, letting go, and fathers are…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Children, Coping
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Carlson, Elizabeth A. – Child Development, 1998
Explored the antecedents and consequences of attachment disorganization among 157 participants in a prospective longitudinal study from 24 months to 19 years. Found that infant history of attachment disorganization was correlated with consequent variables related to: mother-child relationship quality at 24 and 42 months; child behavior problems in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children, Emotional Adjustment
Honig, Alice Sterling – 2002
This paper discusses infant attachment, which it defines as a long-lasting emotional bond revealed when a child under stress seeks out and tries to stay close to a specific figure. The paper addresses: (1) What is attachment? Who are the pioneers in attachment theory?; (2) How do we notice attachment in action?; (3) Is attachment the only…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship
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Wartner, Ulrike G.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the concordance between mother-infant attachment behavior and patterns of mother-child reunion responses when the children were age six. Found that concordance between four types of attachment status was 82%. Also found a correlation between children's observed social competence at age five and their reunion patterns at age six. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Child Behavior
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1991
This report contains a series of articles from Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S. dealing with child development. The articles concern: (1) a social dynamic theory of early human development and a program of research based on this theory; (2) the need for intervention and the structure of intervention for children with disabilities on the island of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Children, Disabilities
Stevens, Joseph H., Jr., Ed.; Mathews, Marilyn, Ed. – 1978
This collection of papers on parent-child relationships consists of three research reports, six research reviews and two position papers on issues critical to research and practice. Papers included were selected on the basis of their relevance to the work of practitioners who counsel parents. The volume's four thematic sections are entitled: (1)…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Birth, Child Development, Child Rearing