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ERIC Number: EJ493594
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
The Influence of Temperament and Mothering on Attachment and Exploration: An Experimental Manipulation of Sensitive Responsiveness among Lower-Class Mothers with Irritable Infants.
van den Boom, Dymphna C.
Child Development, v65 n5 p1457-77 Oct 1994
Examined the effects of a sensitivity intervention program on the Parenting by lower-class mothers of irritable infants. Found that intervention group mothers were significantly more responsive, stimulating, visually attentive, and controlling of their infant's behavior than were control-group mothers. Intervention infants had higher scores than control infants on sociability, self-soothing, and exploration measures. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior, Infants, Intervention, Lower Class Parents, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Skills, Personality, Sensitivity Training
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Irritability; Netherlands