Maternal Self-Efficacy and Infant Attachment: Integrating Physiology, Perceptions, and Behavior.

Donovan, Wilberta L.; Leavitt, Lewis A.

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ERIC Number: EJ387669

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Publication Date: 1989

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Maternal Self-Efficacy and Infant Attachment: Integrating Physiology, Perceptions, and Behavior.

Donovan, Wilberta L.; Leavitt, Lewis A.

Child Development, v60 n2 p460-72 Apr 1989

Investigates the relation between 48 mothers' perceptions of control over the termination of their 5-month-old infants' cries and the infant's security attachment at 16 months. Insecure infant attachment was associated with maternal perception of overcontrol. (RJC)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Participation, Self Efficacy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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