Mothers' representations of their relationships with their toddlers: links to adult attachment and observed mothering.

A. Slade; J. Belsky; J. L. Aber; J. L. Phelps

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.35.3.611

Mothers' representations of their relationships with their toddlers: links to adult attachment and observed mothering.

A. Slade, J. Belsky, J. L. Aber, J. L. Phelps

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Mothers (N = 125) and their firstborn sons were studied over an 11-month period to examine relations between mothers' representations of their relationships with their children (measured at 15 months by using the Parent Development Interview [PDI]), adult representations of attachment (measured at 12 months by using the Adult Attachment Interview [AAI]), and observed mothering (measured at 15 and 21 months). Results indicate (a) that mothers classified as autonomous on the AAI scored highest on the joy-pleasure/coherence dimension of the PDI and mothers classified as dismissing on the AAI scored highest on the anger dimension of the PDI and (b) that mothers scoring higher on the joy-pleasure/coherence dimension of the PDI engaged in less negative and more positive mothering.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	611-619
Number of pages	9
Journal	Developmental psychology
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.35.3.611
State	Published - May 1999

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