Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 144 (4) of
Psychological Bulletin (see record 2018-12812-001). In the article, there are errors in Table …

Prosocial behavior involves attempting to improve others' welfare and plays a central role in
cooperative social relationships. Among the manifold processes that contribute to prosocial …

Ethological attachment theory is a landmark of 20th century social and behavioral sciences
theory and research. This new paradigm for understanding primary relationships across the …

Maternal sensitivity predicts mother–child attachment in young children, but no meta-
analysis has investigated the link between parenting and parent–child attachment in older …

Precursors of Attachment Security Page 1 CHAPTER 13 Precursors of Attachment Security
RM PASCO FEARON JAY BELSKY Why do some infants develop secure attachments to …

Highlights•Adult attachment is transmitted to the next generation.•Sensitive parenting is an
important link between parent attachment representation and child attachment …

There is strong evidence that children of mothers with insecure attachment styles have poor
outcome trajectories. Maternal sensitivity may be the behaviour which links mother and child …

Background Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to parents' mental capacity to
understand their own and their children's behaviors in terms of envisioned mental states. As …

A programmatic set of meta-analyses by Groh et al.(eg, Groh et al., 2017a) and Madigan et
al.(eg, Madigan et al., 2023) demonstrated that secure child-caregiver attachments are …

In light of emerging evidence suggesting that the affective quality of parent–child
relationships may relate to individual differences in young children's executive functioning …