attachment

Sequelae of Infants' Negative Affectivity in the Contexts of Emerging Distinct Attachment Organizations: Multifinality in Mother-Child and Father-Child Dyads across the First Year

Infants’ high negative affectivity often initiates maladaptive parent-child relational processes that may involve both the parent’s and the child’s sides of the relationship. We proposed that infants’ high negative affectivity triggers distinct …

Infants' Attachment Security and Children's Self-Regulation within and outside the Parent-Child Relationship at Kindergarten Age: Distinct Paths for Children Varying in Anger Proneness

Research in developmental psychology has robustly documented positive associations between parent-child attachment security and the child's self-regulation (SR). This study of 102 community mothers, fathers, and infants contributes to that research …

Children’s Emerging Receptive, Positive Orientation toward Their Parents in the Network of Early Attachment Relationships

Although children’s confidence in protection from stress and threat is often seen as the key benefit of secure attachment, scholars have increasingly come to appreciate the role of early security in inaugurating the child’s receptive, positive …