Maternal sensitivity during distressing tasks: A unique predictor of attachment security
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► Sensitivity in play and distress tasks were examined as predictors of attachment. ► Maternal sensitivity in distressing tasks was a unique predictor of attachment. ► Infant temperament was unrelated to attachment security.
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Acknowledgements
This research was funded by the following grants awarded to the author: R03HD048691from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, New Faculty Grant and Summer Excellence Award from the Office of Sponsored Programs, and seed money from the Human Environmental Sciences Center for Research at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I am grateful to the childbirth educators who allowed us to enter their classes for recruitment; to the families who
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