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 …

In the USA, as many as 1 in 6 women nationwide become adolescent mothers, making
adolescent pregnancy and childbearing issues a frequently encountered occurrence by …

In keeping with proposals emphasizing the role of early experience in infant brain
development, this study investigated the prospective links between quality of parent–infant …

Exposure to maltreatment during childhood (CM) can have deleterious effects throughout
the life span of an individual. A parent's history of child maltreatment can also impact his or …

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 …

In a socially diverse sample of 206 infant–mother pairs, we investigated predictors of infants'
attachment security at 15 months, with a particular emphasis on mothers' tendency to …

Attachment researchers following Mary Ainsworth focused primarily on observations of
maternal sensitive behavior, however, and the processes underlying such behavior were …

Attachment security and internal representations of mothers, and of the mother—child
relationship, were examined in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged …

This review aims to consider evidence for the impact of maternal psychopathology on the
child's attachment to the mother, and the role of this in mediating the known transmission of …

This report aimed to investigate the capacity of maternal behaviors tailored to children's
attachment and exploration systems to jointly explain the well‐known mother–child …