Sex Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue W. Williams ◽  
Elizabeth M. Blunk
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Early Care And Education ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Security Of Attachment ◽  
Mother Attachment

A sex difference in security of infant attachment was found in a sample of 52 infant-mother dyads. The infants were enrolled in early care and education programs within a predominantly small-town geographic area in the southwest. Security of attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation procedure. Male infants (76%) were significantly more likely to be securely attached than female infants (39%). No other variables related to the infants' early care and education experience or mothers' age, race, marital status, and education were significantly associated with infants' attachment status.

scholarly journals Meals for Good : An innovative community project to provide healthy meals to children in early care and education programs through food bank catering

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 210-214
Author(s):  
Leah R. Carpenter ◽  
Teresa M. Smith ◽  
Katherine Stern ◽  
Lisa Weissenburger-Moser Boyd ◽  
Cristy Geno Rasmussen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Care And Education ◽  
Food Bank ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Community Project

Assessing Health and Safety in Early Care and Education Programs: Development of the CCHP Health and Safety Checklist

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbey Alkon ◽  
Kim To ◽  
Mimi Wolff ◽  
Joanna F. Mackie ◽  
Jane Bernzweig
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Early Care And Education ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Education Programs

Health and Safety Checklist for Early Care and Education Programs to Assess Key National Health and Safety Standards

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbey Alkon ◽  
Roberta Rose ◽  
Mimi Wolff ◽  
Jonathan B. Kotch ◽  
Susan S. Aronson
Keyword(s):  
National Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Early Care And Education ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Safety Standards

Dyadic play behaviors of children of well and depressed mothers

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth H. Rubin ◽  
Lilly Both ◽  
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler ◽  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Margaret Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Social Inhibition ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Security Of Attachment ◽  
Play Behaviors ◽  
Depressed Mothers

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the relations among maternal depression, security of attachment, and peer interactive behaviors in early childhood. Drawing from the literature, we posited that socially inhibited play behaviors in childhood would be associated with maternal depression as well as with an insecure mother-child attachment relationship. Forty-three 5-year-olds and their mothers participated in the study. There were 21 depressed and 22 affectively well mothers. Security of attachment was assessed via a variation of the Strange Situation procedure when the children were 2 years old. At 5 years of age the children were observed during free play with a familiar same-sex agemate. Results supported the hypotheses that social inhibition is associated with maternal depression and with an insecure mother-infant attachment relationship.

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