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Attachment in the making: Mother and father sensitivity and infants’ responses during the Still-Face Paradigm

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Braungart-Rieker, Julia M., Zentall, Shannon, Lickenbrock, Diane M., Ekas, Naomi V., Oshio, Toko, Planalp, Elizabeth·2014·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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This study examined the extent to which infant and parent response trajectories during the Still-Face Paradigm (SFP) in early infancy predicted later infant-mother and infant-father attachment. Families (N=135) participated in the SFP when infants were 3, 5, and 7 months of age and participated in the Strange Situation procedure when infants were 12 months of age (mothers) and 14 months of age (fathers). Multilevel models showed that parent sensitivity assessed during the SFP was related to infants' affective and behavioral response trajectories during the SFP and that sensitivity and infant response trajectories predicted attachment. Results from the current study support the notion that parent and infant responses in the SFP with mothers and fathers during Bowlby's attachment in the making phase provide insight into the developing parent-child attachment relationship.

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  • Recent work indicates both similarities and differences between mothers and fathers in how parent sensitivity, parent-child attachment, and child behavior are related.

    “Recent research suggests that there are important similarities and important differences in associations among parent sensitivity, parent-child attachment and child behavior between mothers and fathers (Braungart-Rieker, Zentall, Lichenbrock, Ekas, Oshio, & Planalp, 2014).”

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  1. Bowlby J 1973 Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation, anxiety and anger New York Basic Books
  2. Singer JD Willett JB 2003 Applied longitudinal data analysis New York, NY Oxford University Press

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Authors
Braungart-Rieker, J. M., Zentall, S., Lickenbrock, D. M., Ekas, N. V., Oshio, T., & Planalp, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Akron (US)
  • Western Kentucky University (US)
  • Texas Christian University (US)
  • University of Hartford (US)
  • University of Notre Dame (US)
Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-09
Volume
125
Pages
63-84
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1989789558
Cited by
89
References
81
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD039802)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
parent-child attachment, parental sensitivity, still-face paradigm, infant-mother attachment, early infancy, Strange Situation Procedure
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Age Factors, Face, Fathers, Female, Humans, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mothers, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Infant Behavior, Young Adult

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