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Peer reviewedLyons-Ruth, Karlen; Bronfman, Elisa; Parsons, Elizabeth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Studied mothers' behavior toward their infants with disorganized (type D) attachment strategies. Found that mothers whose infants are classified disorganized exhibit an elevated level of atypical maternal behaviors in the Strange Situation test. Mothers of type D Forced Insecure infants showed more negative-intrusive behaviors and role confusion…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
Peer reviewedLyons-Ruth, Karlen; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Study findings indicate that maternal depression is prevalent among low-income mothers with infants. Depressed mothers are more likely than nondepressed mothers to show hostile and intrusive behavior toward their infants, and infants of depressed mothers are more likely to exhibit slowed development and unstable avoidance attachment behaviors.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
