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Direct linkMaría del Pilar Montealegre-Ramón; María Teresa Martínez-Fuentes; Julio Pérez-López; Purificación Sierra-García – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The study aims to clarify the relation between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment security during the first two years of life. A systematic search has been carried out in six databases (Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus and Psychology and Behavioural) between January 2010 and February 2023. The terms used for the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
Or Dagan; Carlo Schuengel; Marije L. Verhage; Sheri Madigan; Glenn I. Roisman; Kristin Bernard; Robbie Duschinsky; Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg; Jean-François Bureau; Abraham Sagi-Schwartz; Rina D. Eiden; Maria S. Wong; Geoffrey L. Brown; Isabel Soares; Mirjam Oosterman; R. M. Pasco Fearon; Howard Steele; Carla Martins; Ora Aviezer – Child Development, 2024
An individual participant data meta-analysis was conducted to test pre-registered hypotheses about how the configuration of attachment relationships to mothers and fathers predicts children's language competence. Data from seven studies (published between 1985 and 2014) including 719 children (M[subscript age]: 19.84 months; 51% female; 87% White)…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Mothers
Elisabetta Lombardi; Cinzia Di Dio; Elizabeth Meins; Chiara Giovanelli; Franca Crippa; Daniela Traficante; Antonella Marchetti; Lucia Leonilde Carli – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
The quality of the maternal communication plays a critical role in the development of secure infant-caregiver attachment. This relationship may be mediated by the caregivers' capacity to recognize and appropriately respond to the child's mental states (i.e., mind-mindedness). To specifically explore the role of mind-mindedness in the relationship…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Infants
Lianne van Setten; Annick Ledebt; Mirjam Oosterman; Carlo Schuengel; Marleen H. M. de Moor – SAGE Open, 2024
The secure base phenomenon was ascribed to changes in exploration observed during Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), related to the quality of the attachment relationship. However, infant temperament was not taken into consideration. The current study aims to replicate Ainsworth's findings regarding infant exploration and attachment…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Personality Traits, Mothers
Funda Çitil Canbay; Elif Tugçe Çitil; Nuriye Degirmen – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The study aimed to compare the effects of breastfeeding education and skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding efficiency and maternal attachment. This study was a three-group randomized controlled study. This study was conducted with 92 women in a delivery room in Türkiye between October 2021 and May 2022. The study consists of continuous early SSC…
Descriptors: Infants, Nutrition, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
Elizabeth Hentschel; Saima Siyal; Dana C. McCoy; Henning Tiemeier; Aisha K. Yousafzai – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Research has shown the importance of responsive caregiving for fostering positive development early in life; however, tools measuring these interactions are often impractical for larger scale intervention trials and in settings with resource constraints. The present study provides reliability and validity evidence from Sindh, Pakistan for a tool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Rural Areas
Download full textAlexia Barrable – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2024
Several concepts exist to explain the human-nature relationship, including nature connection. This paper offers a reconceptualisation of the human-nature bond, based on the infant-parent bond and attachment theory. As such, this paper draws upon research on attachment theory and environmental psychology to draw parallels between the two. Initially…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Environmental Education, Ecology, Proximity
Jesús M. Jornet-Meliá; Carlos Sancho-Álvarez; Purificación Sánchez-Delgado; M. Ángeles Cerezo – Evaluation Review, 2025
The foremost index of caregiving quality is child attachment, as supported by attachment theory. Research supports the relevance of early parenting interventions in improving child outcomes in attachment quality to promote public health because of their long-term effects on mental health and functioning. This study aimed at evaluating the impact…
Descriptors: Infants, Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Community Programs
Rui Yang; Theodore E. A. Waters; Yufei Gu; Niobe Way; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Xinyin Chen; Guangzhen Zhang; Huihua Deng – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A growing body of literature shows that adherence to some aspects of Western masculinity norms, including the suppression of emotional vulnerability, avoidance of seeking support from others, and exaggerated physical toughness, is associated with poorer psychological and social outcomes. While existing research suggests that parental gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Urban Areas, Masculinity
