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- Title
Networks of Attachment Relationships in Low-income Children of Mexican Heritage: Infancy through Preschool.
- Authors
Howes, Carollee; Wishard Guerra, Alison G.
- Abstract
Eighty-three low-income Mexican-heritage children (44 girls) and their mothers participated in this research. Children were observed with alternative caregivers at 14, 24, and 36 months of age using the Attachment Q-Set. Most children received regular care from infancy through preschool from relatives and childcare providers. Children had high attachment security scores with both mothers and caregivers. Child–mother and child-alternative caregiver attachment security scores were independent of each other. Children whose mothers did not participate in family clusters were lowest in child–mother attachment security at 14 months. More emotionally sensitive mothers and responsive alternative caregivers were associated with more secure child–adult attachments. Mothers who had more contact with relatives still in Mexico were more likely to have somewhat more positive relations between intrusive interaction and positive attachment relationships than mothers who had less contact.
- Subjects
MEXICO; PRESCHOOL education; FAMILY life education; PARENT-child caregiver relationships; MOTHER-child relationship; INTERPERSONAL relations; POOR children; SOCIOLOGICAL research; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Social Development, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 4, p896
- ISSN
0961-205X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00524.x