Continuity and Discontinuity in Infant Negative and Positive Emotionality: Family Antecedents and Attachment Consequences.

Belsky, Jay; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ433378

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Publication Date: 1991

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Continuity and Discontinuity in Infant Negative and Positive Emotionality: Family Antecedents and Attachment Consequences.

Belsky, Jay; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v27 n3 p421-31 May 1991

Infants who changed in levels of emotionality between three and nine months were compared with infants who remained stable. Maternal personality, marital factors, and mother-infant interaction accounted for the change in highly emotional infants. Father factors accounted for changes by infants who were initially low in negativity. (BC)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Emotional Development, Family Environment, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Satisfaction, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Personality, Security (Psychology)

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Language: English

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