EJ471361 PS520898
Title: Linking Employment to Attachment: The Mediating Effects of
Maternal Separation Anxiety and Interactive Behavior.Author(s): Stifter, Cynthia A.; And Others
Source: Child Development, v64 n5 p1451-60 Oct 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1994
Examined the
effects of maternal employment and separation anxiety on maternal
interactive behavior and infant attachment in 73 mother-infant pairs.
Employed mothers who reported high levels of separation anxiety
were more likely than low-anxiety mothers to exhibit intrusive behaviors.
Although employment was not directly related to attachment, infants
of high-anxiety employed mothers developed anxious-avoidant attachment.
(MDM)
Descriptors: *Attachment Behavior; *Employed Parents; *Infants;
Longitudinal Studies; *Mother Attitudes; *Mothers; Parent Role;
*Separation Anxiety
Identifiers: *Maternal Sensitivity
