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Direct linkLianne 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
María 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
Kissgen, Ruediger; Franke, Sebastian; Jorjadze, Nino; Roth, Bernhard; Kribs, Angela – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2021
This study examines the infant-father attachment in infants born preterm (<?1500?g at birth and/or?<?37 weeks gestation) in comparison to full-term infants. The infant-father attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation Procedure at a (corrected) age of 15 months. We found at least half of preterm and full-term infants (50.0% and…
Descriptors: Infants, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
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
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
Macagno, Alessia; Molina, Paola – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
From their origins, Italian early childhood services paid attention to the transition from family to childcare centre, explicitly referring to attachment theory. In the present study, the "Parent Attachment Diary" was adapted and applied within a childcare centre context to examine the development of infants' relationship with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care Centers
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
Kisla, Sule; Çetin, Zeynep – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study has been conducted to examine the relationship levels of fathers who have 6- to 12-month-old babies with their fathers, and their attachment status with their babies. The sample group consisted of 313 fathers. Fatherhood Scale and Father-Infant Attachment Scale have been applied to the fathers who participated in our study,…
Descriptors: Infants, Fathers, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Manning, Leah B. – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Hierarchical linear modelling was used to explore the effect of changes in maternal sensitivity on attachment over time. Child characteristics of gender, temperament, and developmental status were used as moderating factors. Data from 1,249 mothers and their children from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development when the children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Time Perspective, Attachment Behavior, Sex
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
Riva Crugnola, Cristina; Ierardi, Elena; Peruta, Veronica; Moioli, Margherita; Albizzati, Alessandro – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The study examined the effectiveness of PRERAYMI (Promoting Responsiveness Emotion Regulation and Attachment in Young Mothers and Infants) attachment-based intervention programme aimed at adolescent mother-infant dyads. The intervention used video-feedback and developmental guidance to promote maternal mind-mindedness and sensitivity. 32…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Attachment Behavior, Intervention
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
Armstrong, Kate J.; Berg, Astrid; Lachman, Anusha – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
In South Africa, many infants spend more time with carers other than their parents due to socio-economic demands on mothers. Carers thus play an important role in the infants' lives. This qualitative study explored child carers' knowledge and understanding of the 'first 1000 days' initiative and their perception of themselves as attachment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
Bai, Liu; Kim, Christine Youngwon; Crosby, Brian; Teti, Douglas M. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
The present study examined mothers' emotional availability (EA) during daytime free play and bedtime as a mediator of linkages between maternal nighttime sleep and infant-mother attachment. Participants included 153 mothers (85% White) with infants (53% female). When infants were 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, maternal sleep was assessed using…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
