EJ552805 PS527174
Title: The Effects of Infant Child Care on Infant-Mother Attachment
Security: Results of the NICHD {National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development} Study of Early Child Care.Author(s): NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
Source: Child Development, v68 n5 p860-79 Oct 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1998
Examined validity
of Strange Situation attachment classifications for infants with
and without extensive child-care experience and the association
of early child-care experience with attachment security. Found that
infants were less likely to be secure when low maternal sensitivity
was combined with poor quality child care, more than minimal amounts
of child care, or more than one care arrangement. (Author)
Descriptors: *Attachment Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Day Care
Effects; Infant Behavior; Infant Care; *Infants; *Parent Child Relationship;
Test Validity
Identifiers: Maternal Sensitivity; *Security Classifications; *Security
of Attachment
