III. THE ORGANIZATION OF ATTACHMENT BEHAVIOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: LINKS WITH MATERNAL SENSITIVITY AND CHILD ATTACHMENT REPRESENTATIONS

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán E. Posada ◽  
Jill M. Trumbell ◽  
Ting Lu ◽  
Garene Kaloustian
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Attachment Behavior ◽  
Attachment Representations ◽  
Child Attachment

scholarly journals Maternal sensitivity and mental health: does an early childhood intervention programme have an impact?

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Brahm ◽  
Alejandra Cortázar ◽  
María Paz Fillol ◽  
María Verónica Mingo ◽  
Constanza Vielma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Early Childhood Intervention ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Childhood Intervention

scholarly journals Maternal Sensitivity Moderates the Relation between Negative Discipline and Aggression in Early Childhood

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenneke R. A. Alink ◽  
Judi Mesman ◽  
Jantien van Zeijl ◽  
Mirjam N. Stolk ◽  
Femmie Juffer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity

Maternal sensitivity buffers the adrenocortical implications of intimate partner violence exposure during early childhood

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 689-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah C. Hibel ◽  
Douglas A. Granger ◽  
Clancy Blair ◽  
Martha J. Cox ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Cortisol Reactivity

AbstractThis study prospectively examined the effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) on adrenocortical reactivity and recovery during early childhood. The sample (n = 1102 mother–infant dyads; 49.2% male) was racially diverse and from predominantly low-income, rural communities. To measure IPV exposure mothers completed the Conflicts Tactics Scale, and her caretaking behaviors were observed when her child was approximately 7, 15, and 24 months of age. Children's saliva samples, later assayed for cortisol, were collected around challenge tasks designed to elicit emotional reactivity. IPV was related to a trajectory of increased cortisol reactivity from infancy to toddlerhood. By contrast, the trajectory for non-IPV-exposed children decreased in cortisol reactivity across 7 to 24 months of age. At the 24-month assessment, on average, toddlers did not exhibit a cortisol reaction; however, those exposed to high levels of violence continued to have reactivity. Accumulative levels of IPV across the first 2 years of life predicted cortisol reactivity at 24 months of age. Early (7-month) sensitive maternal behavior moderated this relationship, so that only children exposed to both early insensitivity and high accumulated IPV exhibited increased reactivity at the 24-month assessment. Findings are discussed in relation to the risky family framework.

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