Attachment Theory: Retrospect and Prospect

Bretherton, Inge

doi:10.2307/3333824

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“…This kind of behavior is in direct contrast to the behavior observed in a child who has formed a discriminating attachment relationsh$ with caregivers, in which the child shows a clear hierarchy of preference in attachment figures (Ainsworth, 1982;Bowlby, 1988;Bretherton, 1985).…”

Section: Indiscriminately Friendlv Behaviormentioning

confidence: 60%

“…Carlson, & Cicchetti, 1985). Bretherton (1985) suggested that such children have developed internal working models of others as unioving and of se'lr' as uniovabie. in addition, abused and/or neglected chiidren often dispiay e i t k a dii-idt m passive sryie hi iniaiictiorrs witii pzimts (Ci-itiefides, 19138).…”

Section: Indiscriminately Friendly Behavior 10mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Correlates The importance of attachment relationships for children's development has long been recognized in the developmental iiterature (Bowlby, 1969(Bowlby, /1982Bretherton, 1985). The purpose of the present study was to assess possible differences in the quality of the attachment between children adopted to Canada after at least 8 months in Romanian orphanages (RO group) and rwo comparison groups of children: a Canadian-born, non-adopted, never institutionalized group (CB group) and a comparison group of early-adopted Romanian-born children (EA group) adopted to .…”

Section: Indiscriminately Friendly Behavior 10mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment security and indiscriminately friendly behavior in children adopted from Romanian orphanages

et al. 1995

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Attachment security was assessed in children who had spent at least 8 months in a Romanian orphanage (RO) and two comparison groups of children: a Canadian-born, nonadopted comparison group (CB) and a comparison group adopted from Romania before the age of 4 months (RC). We also assessed differences in displays of indiscriminately friendly behavior between the two adopted groups of children. Attachment security was assessed using parent report on a questionnaire comprised of the 23 items with the highest and lowest loadings on the Waters and Deane (1985) attachment Q-sort. Indiscriminately friendly behavior was assessed using parents' responses to five questions about their children's behavior with new adults. Children's attachment security scores were also compared to parents' scores on the parent attachment subscale of the Parenting Stress Index (Abidin, 1990). RO children scored significantly lower on security of attachment than did either the RC or CB children. RC and CB children did not differ on attachment security. Based on their parents' reports, RO children displayed significantly more indiscriminately friendly behaviors than did RC children, but such behaviors were not correlated with security of attachment. Children's attachment security scores were related to their parents attachment scores only in the RO group. It is suggested that RO children's experience of extreme neglect contributed to their low attachment-security scores, and that indiscriminate friendliness may be an important behavior to consider in the study of attachment in institutionalized children.

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“…Subsequently, a composite score of the four scales indicating parenting quality was calculated. The four scales were based on the Erickson Scales and the MeBRF (Erickson, Sroufe, & Egeland, 1985; Mahoney et al., 1998). Responsivity reflected the degree to which the parent responded to the child's initiatives in a sensitive and child‐focused manner.…”

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Mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness influences physiological emotion regulation of infants across the first year of life

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Vente

Nikolić

et al. 2018

Developmental Science

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The main aim of this study was to test whether mothers’ (n = 116) and fathers’ (n = 116) mind‐mindedness predicts infants’ physiological emotion regulation (heart rate variability; HRV) across the first year of life. Three hypotheses were examined: (a) parents’ mind‐mindedness at 4 and 12 months predicts infants’ HRV at 12 months over and above infants’ initial HRV levels at 4 months, (b) mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness independently predict infant HRV, and (c) the effects of mind‐mindedness on infant HRV (partially) operate via parenting behaviour. Infants’ HRV was assessed during rest and a stranger approach. Mind‐mindedness was assessed by calculating the proportions of appropriate and non‐attuned mind‐related comments during free‐play interactions, and parenting quality was observed at 4 and 12 months in the same interactions. Path analyses showed that mothers’ appropriate mind‐related comments at 4 and 12 months predicted higher baseline HRV at 12 months, whereas mothers’ non‐attuned comments predicted lower baseline HRV at 12 months. Similar, but concurrent, relations were found for fathers’ appropriate and non‐attuned mind‐related comments and infant baseline HRV at 12 months. In addition, fathers’ appropriate mind‐related comments showed an indirect association with infant baseline HRV at 12 months via fathers’ parenting quality. With regard to infant HRV reactivity during the stranger approach, mothers’ appropriate mind‐related comments at 4 months and fathers’ non‐attuned mind‐related comments at 12 months predicted a larger HRV decline during the stranger approach at 12 months. Infants’ HRV at 4 months did not predict parents’ later mind‐mindedness. The results indicate that mothers’ and fathers’ appropriate and non‐attuned mind‐related speech uniquely impacts the development of infants’ physiological emotion regulation.

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“…It can be instrumental (e.g., the provision of goods or services, help with babysitting or transportation) or expressive (e.g., the provision of love and attention). Studies have shown that social support protects youth from adverse circumstances by providing them with a sense of felt security (Bretherton, 1985) and counteracting psychological and physical consequences of stress (Unger & Wandersman, 1985;van der Kolk, 1994). In addition to providing girls with this much needed social support, promoting positive connections with others also helps to establish the social bonds, exposes girls to positive role models, and provides girls with a source of positive reinforcement for pro-social behaviors.…”

Section: Promoting Healthy Connectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%