Attachment to transitional objects
Role of maternal personality and mother–toddler interaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9054397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison J Steir (George Mason University), Elyse Brauch Lehman (George Mason University) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 340-350 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0087714 |
| PMID | 10953780 |
| OpenAlex | W2023446820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
The origins of soft-object attachments were explored in terms of maternal personality and child temperament as measured by maternal questionnaires and by laboratory observation of child temperament and mother-toddler interactions. Toddlers' soft-object attachments were found to be predicted by the maternal variables of constraint and positive affectivity, the latter in combination with low child activity level
Developmental psychology · Personality · Temperament · Toddler · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
Attachment and loss
Emotion Regulation
Transitional objects and transitional phenomena 1 —a study of the first not-me possession 2
Attachment to a special object at the age of three years
Attachment to soft objects
Fetishism in Children
Transitional Objects
Emotional availability in mother-child interactions
Children's attachment to transitional objects
Maternal beliefs about children's attachments to soft objects
Contemporary research on parenting
Fetishism and Object Choice in Early Childhood
Regulation of distress and negative emotions
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2019 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |