TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of mother-infant interaction and attachment
T2 - A cluster-analytic approach
AU - Fish, Margaret
AU - Stifter, Cynthia A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a small grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (#MH 44324) and a grant from the Pennsylvania State University Biomedical Research Support Grant Program awarded to C.A.S. The authors wish to thank the mothers and infants who participated in this study and also to thank Jude Cassidy for her assistance with the attachment data.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - This study examined stability and change in patterns of mother-infant interaction between 5 and 10 months and their relation to attachment security at 18 months. Cluster analysis was used to identify patterns of dyadic interaction. There was significant, but not substantial, stability in cluster membership from 5 to 10 months. For females, being in the most optimal cluster at 5 months related to subsequent attachment security, regardless of the 10-month pattern of interaction. For males, who were significantly more likely to be insecure than females, insecure attachment was predicted by negative change from 5 to 10 months (moving from a more optimal to a less optimal cluster).
AB - This study examined stability and change in patterns of mother-infant interaction between 5 and 10 months and their relation to attachment security at 18 months. Cluster analysis was used to identify patterns of dyadic interaction. There was significant, but not substantial, stability in cluster membership from 5 to 10 months. For females, being in the most optimal cluster at 5 months related to subsequent attachment security, regardless of the 10-month pattern of interaction. For males, who were significantly more likely to be insecure than females, insecure attachment was predicted by negative change from 5 to 10 months (moving from a more optimal to a less optimal cluster).
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-6383(95)90033-0
DO - 10.1016/0163-6383(95)90033-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000087579
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 18
SP - 435
EP - 446
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 4
ER -