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Reliability and Validity of the Responsive Care Tool for Children 0-3 Years Old in a Rural, South Asian Setting
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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
The Effects of Infant Child Care on Infant-Mother Attachment Security: Results of the NICHD [National Institute of Child Health and Human Development] Study of Early Child Care.
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NICHD Early Child Care Research Network – Child Development, 1997
Examined validity of Strange Situation attachment classifications for infants with and without extensive child-care experience and the association of early child-care experience with attachment security. Found that infants were less likely to be secure when low maternal sensitivity was combined with poor quality child care, more than minimal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Effects, Infant Behavior
A Categorical Description of Infant-Mother Relationships in the Home and Its Relations to Q-Sort Measures of Infant-Mother Interaction.
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Pederson, David R.; Moran, Greg – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Assessed maternal sensitivity and infants' attachment behavior to test validity of a system of classifying attachment relationships at home. Subjects were 47 mothers of preterm and 42 mothers of full-term infants. Results reaffirm Ainsworth's conceptualization of distinct attachment relationships. (HTH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Infant Behavior
The Prototype Hypothesis and the Origins of Attachment Working Models: Adult Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners.
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Owens, Gretchen; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Used Current Relationship Interview (CRI) to examine correspondence between adults' models of their current love relationships and generalized attachment models accessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Found that early experience influences later relationships, but little support for the idea that a working model formed by caregiver-child…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Early Experience
Reliability and Validity of a Q-Sort Measure of Attachment Security in Hispanic Infants.
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Busch-Rossnagel, Nancy A.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1994
A set of Q-sort items to assess individual differences in infant-mother attachment was adapted for a Hispanic population of low-SES background. Completion of the Q-sort by observers and inner-city Hispanic mothers and testing of 43 infants with the Ainsworth Strange Situation established the Q-set's validity and indicated moderate reliability for…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Dominicans, Hispanic Americans, Infants
Parental Attachment and Children's Socio-emotional Development: Some Findings on the Validity of the Adult Attachment Interview in the Netherlands.
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van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
The validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), and its relation to toddlers' social and emotional adaptation, were investigated. The AAI and the Parental Bonding Instrument were related, but only the AAI yielded classifications that corresponded to the quality of infant-parent attachment. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
The Influence of Perceived Social Support, Maternal Affect, and the Home on Attachment.
Kopera, Karen F.; And Others – 1989
The paper examined the impact of maternal personality and maternal social support variables on the security of mother-infant attachment. The influence of maternal intelligence, affect balance, and life stress were also examined. Measures used included Loevinger's Ego Development Scale, Crnic's Satisfaction with Social Support, the Peabody Picture…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment