Broadening the Study of Infant Security of Attachment: Maternal Autonomy-Support in the Context of Infant Exploration

Autor/inn/en	Whipple, Natasha; Bernier, Annie; Mageau, Genevieve A.
Titel	Broadening the Study of Infant Security of Attachment: Maternal Autonomy-Support in the Context of Infant Exploration
Quelle	In: Social Development, 20 (2011) 1, S.17-32 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00574.x
Schlagwörter	Home Visits; Infants; Attachment Behavior; Security (Psychology); Self Determination; Theories; Prediction; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Socioeconomic Status; Personal Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausbesuch; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Selbstbestimmung; Theory; Theorie; Vorhersage; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	Although security of attachment is conceptualised as a balance between infants' attachment and exploratory behaviours, parental behaviours pertaining to infant exploration have received relatively little empirical attention. Drawing from self-determination theory, this study seeks to improve the prediction of infant attachment by assessing maternal autonomy-support during infant exploration, in addition to maternal sensitivity. Seventy-one dyads participated in two home visits. Maternal sensitivity was assessed when the infants were 12 months old, whereas maternal autonomy-support and infant attachment were assessed at 15 months. The results revealed that autonomy-support explained an additional portion of the variance in attachment when maternal socioeconomic status and sensitivity were controlled. These results speak to the relevance of a theory-driven approach to examining maternal behaviours in the context of child exploration. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10