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Mothers' Representations of Their Relationships with Their Toddlers: Links to Adult Attachment and Observed Mothering.
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Slade, Arietta; Belsky, Jay; Aber, J. Lawrence; Phelps, June L. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Studied 125 mothers and firstborn sons over 11-month period to examine relations between mothers' representations of their relationships with their children, adult representations of attachment, and observed mothering. Findings revealed significant relationship between mothers' representations of relationships with their children and adult…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Mother Attitudes, Mothers
Stability and Change in Mothers' Representations of Their Relationship with Their Toddlers.
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Aber, J. Lawrence; Belsky, Jay; Slade, Arietta; Crnic, Keith – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined mothers' representations of their relationship with toddler sons over a 13-month period. Found that the three factors characterizing mothers' representations for 15-month olds also fit data for 28-month olds. Found significant increases in anger but no changes in joy, pleasure, coherence, guilt, and separation distress. Changes in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Factor Analysis, Longitudinal Studies