Alcohol exposure during development causes central nervous system alterations in both
humans and animals. Although the most common behavioral manifestation of these …

Since the identification of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) over 35 years ago, mounting
evidence about the impact of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy has prompted …

During the past 10 years nearly 80 studies on disorganized attachment involving more than
6,000 infant–parent dyads have been carried out. The current series of meta-analyses have …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

The emotional bond that a mother feels towards her baby is critical to social, emotional and
cognitive development. Maternal health and wellbeing through pregnancy and antenatal …

Nineteen autistic children were examined in a modified version of Ainsworth's Strange
Situation. The attachment security of 15 children could be classified. Each of these children …

Psychic development is a lifelong process, subject to both inner and outer influences, the
outcome of a continuous interaction between what is innate or has become inbuilt in and the …

The authors have grouped the theories into three classical" families" which differ in their
views relative to the prime motives underlying human nature. They show how theories are …

The purpose of this study was to test a conceptual model predicting children's externalizing
behavior problems in kindergarten in a sample of children with alcoholic (n= 130) and …

Why do some infants develop secure attachments to their primary caregivers whereas others
establish insecure relationships? That is the central question to be addressed in this …