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Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit.
Child Dev. 1990 Jun; 61(3):820-31.CD

Abstract

66 mother-infant pairs were examined when the infants were 9 and 13 months. The purpose of this report was to examine relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality characteristics, and mother-infant attachment. There were no main-effect relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament as assessed at 9 months and infant attachment classification at 13 months. This was true whether security of attachment (A and C vs. B) or proposed temperament (A1-B2 vs. B3-C2) groupings of attachment classifications were examined. Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, however, was associated with maternal behavior and personality. Furthermore, security of attachment could be predicted by an interaction between maternal personality and infant proneness-to-distress. The importance of considering goodness-of-fit relations in predicting attachment security is discussed.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Mangelsdorf S
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
Gunnar M
No affiliation info available
Kestenbaum R
No affiliation info available
Lang S
No affiliation info available
Andreas D
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AffectArousalFemaleHumansInfantMaleMaternal BehaviorMother-Child RelationsObject AttachmentPersonalityPersonality DevelopmentPsychology, ChildTemperament

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

2364756

Citation

Mangelsdorf, S, et al. "Infant Proneness-to-distress Temperament, Maternal Personality, and Mother-infant Attachment: Associations and Goodness of Fit." Child Development, vol. 61, no. 3, 1990, pp. 820-31.
Mangelsdorf S, Gunnar M, Kestenbaum R, et al. Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit. Child Dev. 1990;61(3):820-31.
Mangelsdorf, S., Gunnar, M., Kestenbaum, R., Lang, S., & Andreas, D. (1990). Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit. Child Development, 61(3), 820-31.
Mangelsdorf S, et al. Infant Proneness-to-distress Temperament, Maternal Personality, and Mother-infant Attachment: Associations and Goodness of Fit. Child Dev. 1990;61(3):820-31. PubMed PMID: 2364756.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit. AU - Mangelsdorf,S, AU - Gunnar,M, AU - Kestenbaum,R, AU - Lang,S, AU - Andreas,D, PY - 1990/6/1/pubmed PY - 1990/6/1/medline PY - 1990/6/1/entrez SP - 820 EP - 31 JF - Child development JO - Child Dev VL - 61 IS - 3 N2 - 66 mother-infant pairs were examined when the infants were 9 and 13 months. The purpose of this report was to examine relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality characteristics, and mother-infant attachment. There were no main-effect relations between infant proneness-to-distress temperament as assessed at 9 months and infant attachment classification at 13 months. This was true whether security of attachment (A and C vs. B) or proposed temperament (A1-B2 vs. B3-C2) groupings of attachment classifications were examined. Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, however, was associated with maternal behavior and personality. Furthermore, security of attachment could be predicted by an interaction between maternal personality and infant proneness-to-distress. The importance of considering goodness-of-fit relations in predicting attachment security is discussed. SN - 0009-3920 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2364756/Infant_proneness_to_distress_temperament_maternal_personality_and_mother_infant_attachment:_associations_and_goodness_of_fit_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -