Nonmaternal Care in the First Year of Life and the Security of Infant-Parent Attachment.

Belsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael J.

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ERIC Number: EJ367881

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Nonmaternal Care in the First Year of Life and the Security of Infant-Parent Attachment.

Belsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael J.

Child Development, v59 n1 p157-67 Feb 1988

Combines and examines evidence from two longitudinal studies of infant and family development to determine whether experience of extensive nonmaternal care in the first year is associated with heightened risk of insecure infant-mother attachment and, in the case of sons, infant-father attachment. (Author/RWB)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Fathers, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Security (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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