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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
Vanwalleghem, S.; Miljkovitch, R. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: To document whether the sociocognitive peculiarities of people with Down Syndrome impact the construction of attachment at different ages, a systematic review of the literature was carried out. Method: This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses, was conducted on three databases: psycINFO,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Down Syndrome, Age Differences, Behavior Problems
Tayler, Collette – European Journal of Education, 2015
Learning in the earliest stage of life--the infancy, toddlerhood and preschool period--is relational and rapid. Child-initiated and adult-mediated conversations, playful interactions and learning through active involvement are integral to young children making sense of their environments and to their development over time. The child's experience…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Intellectual Development, Social Development
Download full textMcConnell, Megan; Moss, Ellen – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the empirical findings on the stability of attachment from infancy through adulthood. More specifically, the paper discusses the longitudinal research concerning the continuity of attachment from infancy to adulthood as well as those studies that have assessed stability within a…
Descriptors: Infants, Adolescents, Adults, Longitudinal Studies
Wolfgang, Jeff Drayton – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to present a review of literature on internationally adopted children in the U.S. that provides context, references for normal development, and describes traumatic stress with children. This gives counselors and other professionals who work with young children and families of international adoption a conceptual…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Young Children, Adoption, Literature Reviews
Jansen, Jarno; de Weerth, Carolina; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Developmental Review, 2008
A positive effect of breastfeeding on the mother-infant relationship is often assumed in the scientific literature, but this has not been systematically reviewed. This review aims to clarify the role of breastfeeding in the mother-infant relationship, which is conceptualized as the maternal bond toward the infant and infant attachment toward the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedCoe, Christopher L.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1989
Reports recent studies which establish that maternal separation and early rearing conditions can influence the development and expression of immune responses of the primate infant. Current findings extend an earlier finding on alterations in lymphocyte proliferation responses to a number of other immune parameters. (NH)
Descriptors: Animals, Attachment Behavior, Early Experience, Infants
Peer reviewedHay, Dale F. – Child Development, 1980
Identifies and reviews the evidence for some potential functions of proximity seeking in infancy. Data pertaining to a variety of species are reviewed. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Experiential Learning, Infants, Proximity
Call, Justin D. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1984
The meaning of ordinary distress signals is, in instances of child abuse and neglect, determined by an unconscious mythology which the parent has about the infant, and also by what the parent finds unacceptable in oneself and project onto the infant. The recent research on mother-infant attachment is reviewed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Infants
Main, Mary; Goldwyn, Ruth – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1984
Child-battering parents are described in the literature as having three primary behavioral characteristics: a general difficulty with the control of aggression; an aversive, unsympathetic response to distress in others; and self-isolating tendencies. Recent studies of young abused children are reviewed which show the development of similar…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Infants, Mothers
Peer reviewedvan IJzendoorn, Marinus H. – Human Development, 1993
Agrees with Jackson's assertion in the previous article that the development of attachment relationships in an African-American multiple-caregiver context should be analyzed and understood on its own terms to avoid an ethnocentric "Euro-American" perspective. Emphasizes the crucial contribution of overnight care in the development of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Blacks, Child Caregivers, Cultural Influences
Fonagy, Peter; Gergely, George; Target, Mary – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with the quality of self-representation than with the development of the subjective agency which underpins our experience of feeling, thought and action, a key function of mentalisation. This review begins by contrasting a Cartesian view of pre-wired introspective…
Descriptors: Cues, Caregivers, Infants, Psychopathology
Peer reviewedMorton, Nicola; Browne, Kevin D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
Reviews the literature on attachment and child maltreatment in relation to the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment. Review of 13 studies suggests that a poor mother-infant relationship is the primary process by which maltreatment continues from one generation to the next. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Family Environment
Wiggins, Paula – Texas Child Care, 2000
Surveys early brain development research. Discusses the importance of attachment, windows of opportunity, and the importance of quality in care. Suggests 6 ways to promote healthy development, lists 10 things every child needs, and poses 12 questions to ask about early brain development. (DLH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Brain, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing
