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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
To test hypotheses concerning interactional histories associated with variation in quality of infant-mother attachment, data were gathered during naturalistic home observations of 60 infants 1, 3, and 9 months of age. Responses were elicited on the Ainsworth and Wittig strange situations. Results concerned mothers' relatively greater influence in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior

Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Patterns of mothering and fathering in 72 families were observed longitudinally and from the perspective of the family system when infants were 1, 3, and 9 months old. Findings suggested similarities and differences in mothering and fathering. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Characteristics