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Roisman, Glenn I.; Fortuna, Keren; Holland, Ashley – Child Development, 2006
Recent longitudinal data suggest that retrospectively defined earned-secures are not more likely than continuous-secures to have been anxiously attached to their mothers in infancy and indeed experience high-quality maternal parenting in childhood. Such findings leave unanswered the question of why earned-secures report negative childhood…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Security (Psychology)
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Davidov, Maayan; Grusec, Joan, E. – Child Development, 2006
This study demonstrated separate linkages between 2 features of positive parenting responsiveness to distress and warmth and different aspects of children's socio-emotional functioning, in a sample of 106 children (6-8 years old). As expected, mothers' and fathers' responsiveness to distress, but not warmth, predicted better negative affect…
Descriptors: Parents, Responses, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship
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Macmillan, Ross; McMorris, Barbara J.; Kruttschnitt, Candace – Child Development, 2004
Drawing on the notion of linked lives, this study examined the effects of stability and change in maternal circumstance on developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior in children 4 to 7 years of age. Using data from a national sample of young mothers and growth curve analysis, the study demonstrated that early maternal circumstances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Antisocial Behavior