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ERIC Number: EJ252646
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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Infant Irritability, Mother Responsiveness, and Social Support Influences on the Security of Infant-Mother Attachment.
Crockenberg, Susan B.
Child Development, v52 n3 p857-65 Sep 1981
Results indicate that (1) social support is the best predictor of secure attachment and is most important for mothers with irritable babies, (2) maternal unresponsiveness is associated with resistance during reunion episodes and appears to be a mechanism through which anxious attachment develops, and (3) social support may mitigate the effects of unresponsive mothering. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Individual Characteristics, Infants, Interviews, Mothers, Observation, Parent Child Relationship, Personality, Predictor Variables, Stranger Reactions, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure; Social Support