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Origins of Infant-Mother Attachment: An Examination of Interactional Synchrony during the Infant's First Year.
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Isabella, Russell A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Tested the hypothesis that development of secure attachments is predictable from synchronous, and insecure attachments from asynchronous interactions across the first year. Findings from 30 dyads (10 secure, 10 avoidant, 10 resistant) supported the hypothesis at one and three months, with synchronous interaction observed at significantly,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Child Support Payment: A Structural Model of Predictive Variables.
Wright, David W.; Price, Sharon J. – 1984
A major area of concern in divorced families is compliance with child support payments. Aspects of the former spouse relationship that are predictive of compliance with court-ordered payment of child support were investigated in a sample of 58 divorced persons all of whom either paid or received child support. Structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attachment Behavior, Compliance (Legal), Divorce
Attachment Security, Mother-Child Interaction, and Temperament as Predictors of Behavior-Problem Ratings at Age Three Years.
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Bates, John E.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1985
A study identified the antecedent characteristics of child and family best predicting behavioral/emotional problems at three years of age. Considered were the relationship of the index of attachment security to several mother-child relationship measures and to other child characteristics, such as difficult temperament and sociability. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Family Environment, Home Visits
Influence of Attachment and Separation Experience on Separation Distress at 18 Months.
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Jacobson, Joseph L; Wille, Diane E. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Distress in response to brief maternal separations was examined in a sample of 93 predominantly home-reared infants using the Ainsworth strange situation paradigm. At 18 months, the age when separation protests begin to decline, securely attached infants are better able than anxiously attached infants to tolerate maternal separations. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Coping, Day Care, Early Childhood Education