| DIFFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT RESPONSES OF MALE AND FEMALE INFANTS TO FRIGHTENING MATERNAL BEHAVIOR: TEND OR BEFRIEND VERSUS FIGHT OR FLIGHT? | |
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PMID: 17464362 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Taylor and colleagues (2000) proposed that males tend to display fight or flight responses to threat while females are more likely to display affiliative "tend or befriend" responses. In light of this hypothesis, gender differences in infant attachment behaviors were examined in a sample of 65 low-income mother-infant dyads, half of whom were referred to a home-based intervention service because of concerns about the quality of caregiving. Attachment behaviors were assessed in the Ainsworth Strange Situation when infants were 18 months old, and maternal behaviors were coded both for frightened or frightening behaviors, using the Main and Hesse (1992) coding inventory, and for disrupted affective communication using the Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification assessment tool (AMBIANCE; Lyons-Ruth, Bronfman, & Parsons, 1999). Results indicated that as maternal behavior became more frightening, female infants tended to approach their mothers more than male infants. These gender differences in response to maternal frightening behavior also were evident in the clinically referred subsample. The results suggest that gender-based differences in tendencies to show affiliative behaviors to threat may complicate interpretation of attachment behavior in clinical contexts. |
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Daryn H David; Karlen Lyons-Ruth |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Infant mental health journal Volume: 21 ISSN: 0163-9641 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2005 |
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Created Date: 2010-11-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8007859 Medline TA: Infant Ment Health J Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-18 Citation Subset: - |
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Yale University. |
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R01 MH062030-04//NIMH NIH HHS; R01 MH062030-04//NIMH NIH HHS |
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