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dc.contributor.authorMadigan, S
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, E
dc.contributor.authorPlamondon, A
dc.contributor.authorMoran, G
dc.contributor.authorBenoit, D
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T04:53:23Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T04:53:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0163-9641
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/imhj.21527
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/388935
dc.description.abstractThe prototype hypothesis suggests that attachment representations derived in infancy continue to influence subsequent relationships over the life span, including those formed with one's own children. In the current study, we test the prototype hypothesis by exploring (a) whether child-specific representations following actual experience in interaction with a specific child impacts caregiver-child attachment over and above the prenatal forecast of that representation and (b) whether maternal attachment representations exert their influence on infant attachment via the more child-specific representation of that relationship. In a longitudinal study of 84 mother-infant dyads, mothers' representations of their attachment history were obtained prenatally with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI; M. Main, R. Goldwyn, & E. Hesse, 2002), representations of relationship with a specific child were assessed with the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI; C.H. Zeanah, D. Benoit, & L. Barton, 1986), collected both prenatally and again at infant age 11 months, and infant attachment was assessed in the Strange Situation Procedure (M.D.S. Ainsworth, M.C. Blehar, E. Walters, & S. Wall, 1978) when infants were 11 months of age. Consistent with the prototype hypothesis, considerable correspondence was found between mothers' AAI and WMCI classifications. A mediation analysis showed that WMCI fully accounted for the association between AAI and infant attachment. Postnatal WMCI measured at 11 months' postpartum did not add to the prediction of infant attachment, over and above that explained by the prenatal WMCI. Implications for these findings are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom459
dc.relation.ispartofpageto468
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInfant Mental Health Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume36
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChild and adolescent development
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520101
dc.subject.keywordsBindungsrepräsentationen
dc.subject.keywordsafectividad del infante
dc.subject.keywordsattachement du bébé
dc.subject.keywordsattachment representations
dc.subject.keywordsinfant attachment
dc.titleMaternal representations and infant attachment: An examination of the prototype hypothesis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMadigan, S; Hawkins, E; Plamondon, A; Moran, G; Benoit, D, Maternal representations and infant attachment: An examination of the prototype hypothesis, Infant Mental Health Journal, 2015, 36 (5), pp. 459-468
dc.date.updated2019-11-05T00:28:51Z
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gro.griffith.authorHawkins, Erinn


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