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ERIC Number: EJ659801
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Maternal Sensitivity, Infant Attachment, and Temperament in Early Childhood Predict Adjustment in Middle Childhood: The Case of Adopted Children and Their Biologically Unrelated Parents.
Stams, Geert-Jan J. M.; Juffer, Femmie; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
Developmental Psychology, v38 n5 p806-21 Sep 2002
Followed from infancy to age 7 internationally adopted children placed before 6 months. Found that girls were better adjusted than boys, except in cognitive development, and that easy temperament related to higher levels of social, cognitive, and personality development and fewer behavior problems. Attachment security and maternal sensitivity uniquely predicted better social and cognitive development. Attachment disorganization combined with difficult temperament predicted less optimal ego-control and lower cognitive development. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Personality, Predictor Variables, Sex Differences, Social Adjustment, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: International Adoption; Maternal Sensitivity; Security of Attachment