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Peer reviewedLyons-Ruth, Karlen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined predictive relations between infant assessments and behavior problems at age 7 in a low-income sample. Found that disorganized infant attachment behavior and below average mental development at 18 months were associated with externalizing behavior at 7 years. Avoidant infant attachment behavior was associated with later internalizing…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Children
Peer reviewedLyons-Ruth, Karlen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Fifty-six 12-month-old infants, (10 maltreated infants; 18 nonmaltreated, high-risk infants; and 28 matched low-income controls) were videotaped at home with their mothers for 40 minutes and were observed two weeks later in the Ainsworth Strange Situation. Maltreating mothers could be discriminated by uninformed coders from nonmaltreating mothers.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Abuse, Child Neglect


