Mothers who are securely attached in pregnancy show more attuned infant mirroring 7 months postpartum

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 491-504

  Kim, Sohye ^a,b   Fonagy, Peter ^a,c   Allen, Jon ^a   Martinez, Sheila ^a,b   Iyengar, Udita ^a,b,c   Strathearn, Lane ^a,b,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Infant attention; Maternal mirroring; Mother infant communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER INFANT MIRRORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; VERBALIZATION; VOCALIZATION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN RELATION; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904331070     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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