“…Some researchers have suggested that the attachment process and security of attachment is the same in children with delayed and typical developmental patterns (e.g., Speltz, Endriga, Fisher, & Mason, 1997). Other authors have indicated that a developmental delay interferes with interaction and proximity seeking between a mother and her infant and therefore the process of development of secure attachment is altered (Blacher & Meyers, 1983;Lederberg & Mobley, 1990;Vaughn & Bost, 1999). Some researchers have found a higher incidence of insecure attachment between mothers and their infants with chronic illness and/or developmental delays (e.g., Greenberg, Speltz, Deklyen, & Endriga, 1991;Mrazek, Casey, & Anderson, 1987;Speltz, Greenberg, & Deklyen, 1990), and others have suggested that a social-emotional delay, itself, may be the result of an insecure attachment (e.g., Sameroff & Emde, 1989).…”