Meins, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-6448, Bureau, Jean-Francois and Fernyhough, Charles (2018) Mother–Child Attachment From Infancy to the Preschool Years:Predicting Security and Stability. Child Development. pp. 1022-1038. ISSN 0009-3920
Abstract
Relations between maternal mind-mindedness (appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments), children's age-2 perspective-taking abilities, and attachment security at 44 (n = 165) and 51 (n = 128) months were investigated. Nonattuned comments predicted insecure preschool attachment, via insecure 15-month attachment security (44-month attachment) and poorer age-2 perspective-taking abilities (51-month attachment). With regard to attachment stability, higher perspective-taking abilities distinguished the stable secure groups from (a) the stable insecure groups and (b) children who changed from secure to insecure (at trend level). These effects were independent of child gender, stressful life events, and socioeconomic status (SES). The contribution of these findings to our understanding of stability and change in attachment security from infancy to the preschool years is discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2017 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12778 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cdev.12778 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113986 |
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