Not exact matches
There has to be a way to write a compelling cover story on
attachment parenting without exploiting every woman's deepest
insecurities, pitting
mothers against one another, and making this poor kid's future college life a nightmare!
Children of depressed
mothers, including those with subclinical depression, may experience a range of negative outcomes including developmental delays, cognitive impairments, and
attachment insecurity.
Children of depressed
mothers, including those with subclinical depression, may experience a range of negative outcomes including developmental delays, cognitive impairments, and
attachment insecurity.
In two additional studies, participants had feelings of
attachment security or anxiety subliminally primed with photos of either (1) a
mother caressing and looking at her child (security prime) or (2) a
mother who was turning her back on a child who was crying (
insecurity prime).
If they don't form that all - important secure
attachment to their
mother, or if it is worn away by constant handovers from one parent to the other without a sense of a secure home in the background, the break - up will leave them vulnerable to lifelong feelings of
insecurity and anxiety.
But when a
mother's capacity to do so is limited by her own personality or stressful conditions then infants with difficult temperament or problem behaviors are at risk for developing
attachment insecurity.
She has a forthcoming book in the Monographs of
Attachment and Human Development:
Mother - Infant Communication Disturbances and the Prediction of
Attachment Insecurity.
Although at baseline toddlers with depressed
mothers evidenced higher rates of
insecurity than did toddlers with non-depressed
mothers, at the completion of the intervention the group that received the
attachment - theory informed intervention had significantly higher rates of security than did participants who received the community standard intervention.
But only the first, quantity of care, also contributed to the prediction of
attachment insecurity at 36 months, 18 again in interaction with insensitive
mothering.
In addition,
mothers»
attachment insecurities to their own and their children's psychological functioning (both anxiety and avoidance) at the time of diagnosis were associated with their children's emotional problems and children's poor self - image 7 years later.