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Gunn, P.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Older Down's syndrome infants responded to the regular reappearance of a squeaky doll with significantly more affective behavior than did younger Down's syndrome infants. Longitudinal research with the younger infants indicated that the onset of affective behavior significantly correlated with mental development and aspects of temperament.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Downs Syndrome
Harrison, Linda; Ungerer, Judy – 1996
This study addressed the argument that early child care constitutes a risk to children's social adaptation, and that for high-risk samples this effect depends on the security of the infant-mother attachment relationship. A longitudinal investigation of 135 first-born children in a low-risk sample was conducted to discern the contribution of child…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior