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Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2364756     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
66 mother-infant pairs were examined when the infants were 9 and 13 months. The purpose of this report was to examine relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality characteristics, and mother-infant attachment. There were no main-effect relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament as assessed at 9 months and infant attachment classification at 13 months. This was true whether security of attachment (A and C vs. B) or proposed temperament (A1-B2 vs. B3-C2) groupings of attachment classifications were examined. Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, however, was associated with maternal behavior and personality. Furthermore, security of attachment could be predicted by an interaction between maternal personality and infant proneness-to-distress. The importance of considering goodness-of-fit relations in predicting attachment security is discussed.
Authors:
S Mangelsdorf; M Gunnar; R Kestenbaum; S Lang; D Andreas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child development     Volume:  61     ISSN:  0009-3920     ISO Abbreviation:  Child Dev     Publication Date:  1990 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-08-14     Completed Date:  1990-08-14     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372725     Medline TA:  Child Dev     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  820-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Affect
Arousal*
Child Psychology*
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Maternal Behavior
Mother-Child Relations*
Object Attachment*
Personality*
Personality Development*
Temperament*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD-16494/HD/NICHD NIH HHS

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