Playful interaction and the antecedents of attachment: A longitudinal study of Central American and Euro-American mothers and infants

Author(s): Lamb, M. E., Fracasso, M. P., Scholmerich, A., Larson, C.

Journal/Book: Merrill Palmer Quart J Devel. 1997; 43: 4809 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201-1309. Wayne State Univ Press. 24-47.

Abstract: Microanalytic procedures were used to explore maternal and infant behaviors, behavioral coordination, maternal response, and nonresponse in relation to security of attachment. Two samples, one of recent immigrants from central America (n = 39) and the other of mothers and infants from middle-class Euro-American backgrounds (n = 40) were videotaped when the infants were ages 4, 8, and 12 months. Individual differences an measures of maternal response and nonresponse were stable over time and strongly related to the security of attachment, as were some measures of infant behavior and behavioral coordination. The maternal response measures reflected similar associations between maternal behavior and attachment security in the two groups. The results are consistent with other findings showing that mothers of insecure infants are most involved with their infants in such contexts.

Note: Article Lamb ME, Nichhd, Sect Social & Emotional Dev, 9190 Rockville Pike, Bethesda,MD 20814 USA

Keyword(s): STRANGE SITUATION; 1ST YEAR; SECURITY; ORIGINS; RESPONSIVENESS; PERSPECTIVES; HISPANICS; BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS; TIME

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