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ERIC Number: EJ551007
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Sensitivity and Security: New Questions to Ponder.
Thompson, Ross A.
Child Development, v68 n4 p595-97 Aug 1997
Suggests future directions for study of sensitivity and its impact on early psychosocial development: (1) renewed attention to growth of attachment in context of other developing features of the parent-child relationship; (2) factors that moderate impact of sensitivity on developing security; (3) origins of individual differences in sensitivity; and (4) greater consideration of why sensitivity fosters attachment security. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Play, Research Needs, Self Concept, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavior Management; Maternal Sensitivity; Psychosocial Development; Security of Attachment
Note: Comments on article by De Wolff and van IJzendoorn (PS 526 986) in this issue.