Journal article
Infant Attachment Moderates Paths From Early Negativity to Preadolescent Outcomes for Children and Parents
Child development, Vol.88(2), pp.584-596
03/2017
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12607
PMCID: PMC5332538
PMID: 27569427
Abstract
Although infant attachment has been long seen as key for development, its long‐term effects may be complex. Attachment may be a catalyst or moderator of future developmental sequelae rather than a source of main effects. In 102 mothers, fathers, and infants, attachment was assessed at 15 months; children's negativity (rejection of parental rules and modeling attempts) at 25, 38, 52, and 67 months; and developmental outcomes (the child's parent‐rated externalizing problems and the parent–child observed relationship quality) at ages 10 and 12. In both mother–child and father–child relationships, children's higher negativity was associated with more detrimental outcomes but only in dyads with formerly insecure infants. Infant insecurity appears to amplify detrimental cascades, whereas infant security appears to defuse such risks.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Infant Attachment Moderates Paths From Early Negativity to Preadolescent Outcomes for Children and Parents
- Creators
- Lea J Boldt - University of IowaGrazyna Kochanska - University of IowaKatherine Jonas - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.88(2), pp.584-596
- DOI
- 10.1111/cdev.12607
- PMID
- 27569427
- PMCID
- PMC5332538
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Dev
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- eISSN
- 1467-8624
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD069171‐11) National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH63096; K02 MH01446)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002414902771
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