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Maternal Sensitivity and the Security of Infant-Mother Attachment: A Q-Sort Study.

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Pederson, David R.; And Others – Child Development, 1990

Observers used two Q-sorts to describe mothers' and infants' behavior at home. Mothers of more difficult children were less sensitive than other mothers. There was a strong relation between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. Mothers of more secure infants noticed and enjoyed their babies more than mothers of less secure infants. (BC)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family Environment, Infant Behavior, Infants

Security of Attachment between Preschoolers and Their Mothers: Relations among Social Interaction, Parenting Stress, and Mothers' Sorts of the Attachment Q-Set.

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Teti, Douglas M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991

Examined Attachment Q-Set security scores as indexes of attachment security. Found that Q-Set scores (1) related positively to sensitive mothering and preschoolers' sociability toward mother during laboratory observations; (2) related negatively to children's negative affectivity during free play; and (3) were associated with levels of parenting…

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship