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Transition to child care: associations with infant–mother attachment, infant negative emotion and cortisol elevations

Ahnert, Lieselotte, Gunnar, Megan R, Lamb, Michael E, Barthel, Martina·2004·Child Development

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00698.x

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Seventy 15-month-old infants were studied at home before starting child care, during adaptation (mothers present) and separation (first 9 days without mothers) phases, and 5 months later. Security of infant–mother attachment was assessed before and 3 months after child care began. In the separation phase, salivary cortisol rose over the first 60 min following the mothers' departures to levels that were 75% to 100% higher than at home. Compared with insecure infants, secure infants had markedly lower cortisol levels during the adaptation phase and higher fuss and cry levels during the separation phase, and their fuss and cry levels were significantly correlated with their cortisol levels. Attachments remained secure or became secure if mothers spent more days adapting their children to child care.

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Authors: Ahnert, L., Gunnar, M. R., Lamb, M. E., & Barthel, M.
Affiliations: Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
University of Minnesota (US)
National Institutes of Health (US)
ORCID: Ahnert, Lieselotte
Gunnar, Megan R
Lamb, Michael E
Venue: Child Development
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2004-05-01
Volume: 75
Issue: 3
Pages: 639-650
ISSN: 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
1467-8624
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00698.x
OpenAlex: W2136352610
Cited by: 334
References: 77
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 21
FWCI: 11.10
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: academic.oup.com/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights (vor)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 9 d)
Locations: Child Development (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Keywords: infant-mother attachment, attachment security, cortisol, maternal separation, salivary cortisol
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Affect, Child, Child Care, Crying, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Infant, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment, Saliva

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