Abstract The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) was developed five decades ago to assess
infant–parent attachment relationships. Although the procedure itself has remained relatively …

Insecure attachment to primary caregivers is associated with the development of depression
symptoms in children and youth. This association has been shown by individual studies …

This clear and compelling textbook provides a complete survey of the field of child abuse
and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. It starts by …

As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a
successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means …

Abstract present a set of indices of disorganization and disorientation in Strange-Situation
[M. Ainsworth] behavior that will permit the identification of D [disorganized/disoriented …

Attachment theory is the joint work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (see Ainsworth and
Bowlby, 1991). Drawing on concepts from ethology, cybernetics, information processing …

A large body of literature documents the adverse effects of maternal depression on the
functioning and development of offspring. Although investigators have identified factors …

During the past 10 years nearly 80 studies on disorganized attachment involving more than
6,000 infant–parent dyads have been carried out. The current series of meta-analyses have …

This study tests the idea that mothers' self‐efficacy beliefs mediate the effects on parenting
behavior of variables such as depression, perceptions of infant temperamental difficulty, and …

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent
picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the …