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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED343665 AUTHOR: Camfield, E.; And Others
TITLE: Mediators of Relations between Maternal Behavior at
4 Months and Infant Attachment at 12-Months.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 8 p.; Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development (Seattle, WA,
April 18-20, 1991).
ABSTRACT: A total of 48 mother-infant pairs were observed
and rated in face-to-face interaction when the infant was
4 months old, and in the Ainsworth Strange Situation when
the infant was 12 months old. Mothers' marital satisfaction
and social support, and the involvement and support of the
child's father, were assessed. The mothers constituted a
low socioeconomic status, racially mixed sample. Results
indicated no effects of infant birth status or gender,
maternal age, race, or marital status on the infant's
attachment classification at 12 months. Results also
indicated that the father's involvement predicted the
infant's attachment classification at 12 months. Maternal
behavior at 4 months, marital satisfaction, and social
support did not predict attachment classification. (BC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Fathers-; Infant-Behavior; Marital
Satisfaction; Social-Support-Groups
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Attachment-Behavior; *Infants-;
*Mothers-; *Parent-Child-Relationship; *Parent-Influence
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