Factors Related to Changes in Infant Attachment Security: A Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis

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dc.contributor.advisorCassidy, Judeen_US
dc.contributor.authorStupica, Brandi Shawnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T05:49:45Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T05:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractA major tenet of attachment theory is that the stability of the caregiving environment drives the stability of infant attachment security. The research investigating the factors related to the stability and change of infant attachment is limited by its lack attention to infant characteristics related to attachment stability outcomes. The newly developed differential susceptibility hypothesis posits that temperamentally difficult children are more influenced by their caregiving environment. In the present study, I examine infant irritability as a moderator of the link between changes in maternal (a) depressive symptomatology, (b) life satisfaction, and (c) parenting self-efficacy on changes in infant attachment security between 12 and 18 months.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9503
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Developmentalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAttachmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChangeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledContinuityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDifferential Susceptibilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInfancyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTemperamenten_US
dc.titleFactors Related to Changes in Infant Attachment Security: A Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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