Social-Emotional Adaptation and Infant-Mother Attachment in Siblings: Role of the Mother in Cross-Sibling Consistency.

Ward, Mary J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ372518

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Publication Date: 1988

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Social-Emotional Adaptation and Infant-Mother Attachment in Siblings: Role of the Mother in Cross-Sibling Consistency.

Ward, Mary J.; And Others

Child Development, v59 n3 p643-51 Jun 1988

Findings indicated that (1) when siblings were 24-months-old, their social-emotional behavior displayed some concordance, and maternal behavior was stable with all siblings; (2) significant concordance in siblings' social-emotional behavior was conditioned by stability of maternal behavior; and (3) quality of infant-mother attachment at 12 months showed significant concordance with all siblings. (RH)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Siblings, Social Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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