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Maternal Sensitivity, Early Interactions and Infant Attachment: A Systematic Review
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María del Pilar Montealegre-Ramón; María Teresa Martínez-Fuentes; Julio Pérez-López; Purificación Sierra-García – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The study aims to clarify the relation between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment security during the first two years of life. A systematic search has been carried out in six databases (Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus and Psychology and Behavioural) between January 2010 and February 2023. The terms used for the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment Relationships as Predictors of Child Language Competence: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
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Or Dagan; Carlo Schuengel; Marije L. Verhage; Sheri Madigan; Glenn I. Roisman; Kristin Bernard; Robbie Duschinsky; Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg; Jean-François Bureau; Abraham Sagi-Schwartz; Rina D. Eiden; Maria S. Wong; Geoffrey L. Brown; Isabel Soares; Mirjam Oosterman; R. M. Pasco Fearon; Howard Steele; Carla Martins; Ora Aviezer – Child Development, 2024
An individual participant data meta-analysis was conducted to test pre-registered hypotheses about how the configuration of attachment relationships to mothers and fathers predicts children's language competence. Data from seven studies (published between 1985 and 2014) including 719 children (M[subscript age]: 19.84 months; 51% female; 87% White)…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Mothers
Infant Exploratory Behaviors during the Strange Situation Procedure: Links with Attachment Quality and Temperament
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Lianne van Setten; Annick Ledebt; Mirjam Oosterman; Carlo Schuengel; Marleen H. M. de Moor – SAGE Open, 2024
The secure base phenomenon was ascribed to changes in exploration observed during Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), related to the quality of the attachment relationship. However, infant temperament was not taken into consideration. The current study aims to replicate Ainsworth's findings regarding infant exploration and attachment…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Personality Traits, Mothers
Hostile Interparental Conflict and Parental Discipline: Romantic Attachment as a Spillover Mechanism
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Cory R. Platts; Melissa L. Sturge-Apple; Patrick T. Davies – Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study examined parental romantic attachment security as a mediator of prospective associations between hostile interparental conflict and parental discipline (i.e., power-assertive, permissive, and inductive discipline) for mothers and fathers of young children. Furthermore, this study utilized a novel, automatic assessment of romantic…
Descriptors: Parents, Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict, Discipline
The Effect of Breastfeeding Education and Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Efficiency and Maternal Attachment: A Randomized Controlled Study
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Funda Çitil Canbay; Elif Tugçe Çitil; Nuriye Degirmen – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The study aimed to compare the effects of breastfeeding education and skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding efficiency and maternal attachment. This study was a three-group randomized controlled study. This study was conducted with 92 women in a delivery room in Türkiye between October 2021 and May 2022. The study consists of continuous early SSC…
Descriptors: Infants, Nutrition, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
A Challenge to the Expected: Lack of Longitudinal Associations between the Early Caregiving Environment, Executive Functions in Toddlerhood, and Self-Regulation at 6 Years
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Lilja K. Jónsdóttir; Tommie Forslund; Matilda A. Frick; Andreas Frick; Emma J. Heeman; Karin C. Brocki – Developmental Science, 2024
Previous research and theory indicate an importance of the quality of the early caregiving environment in the development of self-regulation. However, it is unclear how attachment security and maternal sensitivity, two related but distinct aspects of the early caregiving environment, may differentially predict self-regulation at school start and…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Young Children, Child Care, Early Experience
The Psychometric Properties of the Hungarian Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
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Brigitta Szabó; Judit Futó; Patrick Luyten; Márton Boda; Mónika Miklósi – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
Parental reflective functioning refers to the ability of parents to understand their child as motivated by internal mental experiences such as thoughts and feelings. This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Hungarian version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) and to assess its relationships with general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Reflection
'So the Child Feels Loved': Mothers with Learning Disabilities' Experiences of Attachment and Emotional Relationships with Their Children
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Rowan Hevesi; Kate Theodore – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Mothers with learning disabilities are at higher risk of child removal and mental health difficulties and may face more barriers to developing attachment relationships with their children. Mothers with learning disabilities' voices are still underrepresented in research, with less known about those who are actively parenting their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parents with Disabilities, Child Rearing, Parent Attitudes
Caring for a Child with Cancer: The Role of Attachment, Self-Compassion and Social Support
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Tony Cassidy; Marian McLaughlin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Background: It is widely accepted that family caregivers are central to the future of cancer care and the impetus is to understand how best to support and empower them. Aims: This study explored the role of the relationship between the caregiver and the child, the level of perceived support, and the self-compassion of the caregiver, on distress…
Descriptors: Cancer, Attachment Behavior, Altruism, Self Concept
A Qualitative Study of Mothers' Experiences Adopting Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Children
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Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig; Elaine R. Smolen; Maria Hartman; Brynne Powell; Thekra Alruwaili – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2024
The current study presents the results of a qualitative investigation into the perspectives of mothers who have adopted children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Nine mothers, recruited via convenience and snowball sampling, participated in semi-structured interviews via videoconference technology. The interviews were transcribed and coded for…
Descriptors: Mothers, Adoption, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Does Pubertal Status Potentiate the Developmental Links between Maternal Parenting and Internalizing Problems?
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Elona Krasniqi; Dan Liu; Marek Blatny; Alexander T. Vazsonyi – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
The present study tested the developmental links between maternal closeness and support and measures of depression and anxiety symptoms, and whether these links were conditioned by pubertal status. It was hypothesized that pubertal status (early) would potentiate the negative links (stronger relationships) between maternal positive parenting and…
Descriptors: Puberty, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
Developmental Antecedents of Adherence to Masculinity Norms: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study of Urban Chinese Families
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Rui Yang; Theodore E. A. Waters; Yufei Gu; Niobe Way; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Xinyin Chen; Guangzhen Zhang; Huihua Deng – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A growing body of literature shows that adherence to some aspects of Western masculinity norms, including the suppression of emotional vulnerability, avoidance of seeking support from others, and exaggerated physical toughness, is associated with poorer psychological and social outcomes. While existing research suggests that parental gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Urban Areas, Masculinity
Attachment and Maladjustment: The Role of Effortful Control Development during Middle Childhood
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Joke Heylen; Samuel Budniok; Magali Van de Walle; Rudi De Raedt; Patricia Bijttebier; Simon De Winter; Guy Bosmans – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
Latent growth curve modeling was used to investigate the longitudinal link between attachment, effortful control (EC), and maladaptive development during middle childhood. In a community sample, children (Time 1: n = 157; M[subscript age] = 10.91) and their mothers were examined three times over a two-year period. Attachment was operationalized at…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Self Control, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems