Technology’s impact on the parent-infant attachment relationship: Intervening through FirstPlay® therapy.

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Janet A. Courtney ◽  
Eva Nowakowski-Sims
Keyword(s):  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship

Postpartum maternal sleep and mothers’ perceptions of their attachment relationship with the infant among women with a history of depression during pregnancy

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 440-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Tikotzky ◽  
Andrea S. Chambers ◽  
Jamie Kent ◽  
Erika Gaylor ◽  
Rachel Manber
Keyword(s):  
Total Sleep Time ◽  
Sleep Time ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Sleep Diaries ◽  
Maternal Sleep ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Depression ◽  
Positive Effect

This study assessed the links between maternal sleep and mothers’ perceptions of their attachment relationship with their infant among women at risk for postpartum depression by virtue of having been depressed during pregnancy. Sixty-two mothers completed sleep diaries and questionnaires at 3 and 6 months postpartum. Regression analyses, controlling for depression severity and infant temperament, revealed significant prospective correlation between maternal shorter total sleep time at 3 months and lower scores on a mother–infant attachment questionnaire at 6 months. At 6 months, the longer time mothers were awake tending to their infants the lower were their attachment scores. The findings suggest that improving sleep of mothers who suffered from prenatal depression may have a positive effect on mothers’ self-reported relationship with their infants.

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.

Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Attachment Security in Japan: A Longitudinal Study

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolus M.J.L. Vereijken ◽  
J. Marianne Riksen-Walraven ◽  
Kiyomi Kondo-Ikemura
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Security ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
The Core ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Japanese Sample ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Q Sort

In this study we examined the relation between maternal sensitivity and child attachment security, one of the core propositions of attachment theory, in a Japanese sample. Attachment security was assessed with the Attachment Q-Sort at the ages of 14 and 24 months. At the same ages, ratings were obtained for the mothers’ sensitivity in interactions with their children. The expected significant relationship between maternal sensitivity and child security was found both at 14 and 24 months. Maternal sensitivity showed moderate stability between the two ages. LISREL analysis showed that the correlation between maternal sensitivity and infant security at 24 months is not fully explained by the correlation between sensitivity and security 10 months earlier. This indicates that maternal sensitivity continues to play a significant role in the development of a secure attachment relationship in the second year of life.

scholarly journals Mother–infant attachment and the intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Bosquet Enlow ◽  
Byron Egeland ◽  
Elizabeth Carlson ◽  
Emily Blood ◽  
Rosalind J. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Trauma Exposure ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractEvidence for the intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is documented in the literature, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Attachment theory provides a framework for elucidating the ways in which maternal PTSD may increase offspring PTSD vulnerability. The current study utilized two independent prospective data sets to test the hypotheses that (a) maternal PTSD increases the probability of developing an insecure mother–infant attachment relationship and (b) an insecure mother–infant attachment relationship increases the risk of developing PTSD following trauma exposure in later life. In the first study of urban, primarily low-income ethnic/racial minority mothers and infants (N = 45 dyads), elevated maternal PTSD symptoms at 6 months were associated with increased risk for an insecure, particularly disorganized, mother–infant attachment relationship at 13 months. In the second birth cohort of urban, low-income mothers and children (N = 96 dyads), insecure (avoidant or resistant) attachment in infancy was associated in a dose–response manner with increased lifetime risk for a diagnosis of PTSD by adolescence. A history of disorganized attachment in infancy predicted severity of PTSD symptoms, including reexperiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal, and total symptoms, at 17.5 years. In both studies, associations between attachment and PTSD were not attributable to numerous co-occurring risk factors. The findings suggest that promoting positive mother–child relationships in early development, particularly in populations at high risk for trauma exposure, may reduce the incidence of PTSD.

scholarly journals Pre-natal Attachment and Parent-To-Infant Attachment: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Trombetta ◽  
Maura Giordano ◽  
Fabrizio Santoniccolo ◽  
Laura Vismara ◽  
Anna Maria Della Vedova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Observational Measures ◽  
Projective Measures ◽  
Different Populations

During the perinatal period, the establishment of the attachment relationship with the fetus and subsequently with the real child is crucial for the parents' and the child's well-being. Coherently with the assumption that the attachment relationship starts to develop during pregnancy, this systematic review aims to analyze and systematize studies focused on the association between pre-natal attachment and parent-to-infant attachment, in order to clarify the emerging results and provide useful information for clinical purposes. Nineteen studies were included. Sixteen researches identified a positive relationship between pre-natal attachment and parent-to-infant attachment, and three articles highlighted a negative association between antenatal attachment and post-partum bonding disorders. These results were found both in women and men, in normative and at-risk pregnancies, adopting different assessment approaches (i.e., self-report measures, observations, and projective measures). However, only small or moderate associations were found. Future studies are needed to further confirm these findings across different populations (e.g., male samples, non-normative samples or samples in disadvantaged conditions) and with different methodological approaches (e.g., observational measures). Moreover, studies would be needed in order to clarify mechanisms through which pre-natal attachment influences parent-to-infant attachment, as well as protective and risk factors which intervene between these two variables.

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