Affect Attunement and Maternal Attachment
A Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11277261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy L Haft (The Graduate Center, CUNY), Arietta Slade (0000-0002-7100-8531, The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 157-172 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1097-0355(198923)10:3<157::aid-imhj2280100304>3.0.co;2-3 |
| OpenAlex | W2065011448 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 52 |
| References cited | 8 |
The notion that individual differences in mothers' representations of their own early childhood attachment relationships impede or facilitate the recognition of an infant's experiences and needs was investigated. Women were classified as secure, dismissing, of preoccupied in relation to attachment on the basis of the Adult Attachment Interview (George, Kaplan, & Main, 1985) and then videotaped in a laboratory setting with their 10- to 13-month-old babies. Maternal attunement behaviors and fantasies about the babies during the attunement moment were recorded and examined in light of individual differences in maternal attachment. The findings reveal that securely attached mothers are more attuned to their babies than are those mothers who are insecurely attached. Secure mothers attune to a range of infant affect, whereas insecure mothers attune to particular affects and not to others. Specifically, dismissing mothers tended not to attune to negative affect, whereas preoccupied mothers randomly attuned to both positive and negative affect states. Qualitative analyses suggest that insecure mothers misattune to infant affects that threaten their internalized attitudes toward attachment. The findings support the hypothesis that the nature of a mother's internal affective experience powerfully influences the affects she acknowledges and attunes to in her child.
Affect (linguistics) · Attachment measures · Attachment theory · Attunement · Developmental psychology · Insecure attachment · Strange situation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Communication · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Adult Attachment Orientations and Relationship Processes
The Relation between Mothers' Mirroring of Infants' Behavior and Maternal Mind‐Mindedness
Mothers' fantasy representations and infant security of attachment
Attuning to the unspoken
The renunciation of love
Adult attachment representations, parental responsiveness, and infant attachment
Mothers' representations of their relationships with their toddlers
Mothers' working models of attachment relationships and mother and child behavior during separation and reunion
A psychometric study of the Adult Attachment Interview
Postpartum affect and depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers
Supporting pregnant and parenting women with substance-related problems by addressing emotion regulation and executive function needs
Attachment formation and transfer in young adults’close friendships and romantic relationships
Infants in Foster Care
Video-Cued Narrative Reflection
Attachment, mating, and parenting
Emotion Socialization as a Framework for Understanding the Development of Disorganized Attachment
A Review of Adult Attachment Measures
Integrating the Relational Matrix
Intergenerational transmission of parenting
Dyadic synchrony
Attachment and maternal sensitivity in middle childhood
Maternal attachment insecurity and poorer proficiency savoring memories with their children
Marital Attachment Interview
Affect Regulation as a Stylistic Process within Adult Attachment
Unveiling the tapestry of mother–child interactions through text mining and sentiment analysis
The Eye of the Begetter
The importance of maternal state of mind regarding attachment and infant age at placement to foster mothers' representations of their foster infants
The capacity for understanding mental states
Parents' attachment styles, mental representations, and institutionalization of children in Bulgaria
Mother expectation of bother and infant attachment behaviors as predictors of mother and child communication at 24 months in children of methadone-maintained women
Attachment theory and reactions to others' needs
Mothers' Attachment Style, Their Mental Health, and Their Children's Emotional Vulnerabilities
The capacity to be an analyst
A Preliminary Study of the Role of Attunement in Adult Psychotherapy
On the Relation Between Maternal State of Mind and Sensitivity in the Prediction of Infant Attachment Security
Measuring the Ghost In the Nursery
The Science of Compassionate Love
Attachment representations in mothers, fathers, adolescents, and clinical groups
Adverse childhood experiences, poverty, and parenting stress.
The first 10,000 Adult Attachment Interviews
Family Systems Theory, Attachment Theory, and Culture
Attachment Security in Couple Relationships
The process of parenting and the remembrance of things past
Mental representations from an intergenerational cognitive science perspective
Mental representations of attachment in day care providers
Dyadic synchrony in parent–child interactions
Interventions with video feedback and attachment discussions
The relationship of adolescent mothers' expectations, knowledge, and beliefs to their young children's coping behavior
Maternal Separation Anxiety in Infancy
Maternal Personal Resources and Children’s Socioemotional and Behavioral Adjustment
Intervention in Transmission of Insecure Attachment
| Unique citing works | 52 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,49 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |