Individual and social determinants of attachment security and disorganization

Spangler, G. and Grossmann, K. and Grossmann, Klaus E. and Fremmer-Bombik, E. (2000) Individual and social determinants of attachment security and disorganization. PSYCHOLOGIE IN ERZIEHUNG UND UNTERRICHT, 47 (3). pp. 203-220. ISSN 0342-183X

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Abstract

Quality of attachment in infancy is characterized by two independent dimensions, attachment security and attachment disorganization. Data from different longitudinal studies are presented suggesting a conceptualization of attachment security as a relationship construct - as expected from theoretical assumptions and empirical evidence - and a conzeptualization of attachment disorganization as including individual components. While attachment security was predicted by maternal sensitivity during the first year, attachment disorganization was associated with deficits in behavioral organization observed already in newborn age. Moreover, disorganized infants exhibited a restricted ability for behavioral regulation and a delay of regulation development throughout the first year. Finally, at the end of the first year cross-situational and cross-caregiver stability of disorganized behavior was observed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: INFANT-MOTHER ATTACHMENT; MATERNAL SENSITIVITY; STRANGE SITUATION; BEHAVIOR; REPRESENTATIONS; RESPONSIVENESS; METAANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; NEWBORNS; PATTERNS; attachment security; attachment disorganization; maternal sensitivity; infant characteristics
Subjects: 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Alumni or Retired Professors > Prof. Dr. Klaus Grossmann
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 31 May 2022 09:43
Last Modified: 31 May 2022 09:43
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/43053

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