Article

A Study of Infant-Mother Attachment and Related Variables

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정성훈, 진미경, 정운선, 임효덕

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pp. 21~37 / 2006 Vol.13 No.3

Abstract

The present study examined the relationships between infant-mother attachment pattern and infant temperament, maternal personality, and parenting stress. For this study, eighty-seven infants, ages 12-15 months old, participated in the Strange Situation Procedure. Their mothers completed an infant behavior questionnaire, the NEO-PI, and a parenting stress index. The distribution of infant-mother attachment patterns was as follows: 1% avoidant, 72% secure, 18% resistant, and 9% disorganized. Infant temperament was not associated with infant-mother attachment security. However, maternal personality (extraversion-warmth and openness to feeling) and parenting stress (child domain, demanding, and social isolation) were associated with infant-mother attachment security and infant attachment behaviors (contact-maintaining and resistant behavior).

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