Pederson D R, Moran G, Sitko C, Campbell K, Ghesquire K, Acton H
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Child Dev. 1990 Dec;61(6):1974-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb03579.x.
40 mothers and their 12-month-old infants were observed twice at home by 2 observers for 2 hours. After the second visit, the observers described the infant using the Waters Attachment Behavior Q-sort and the mother's interactive behavior with the Maternal Behavior Q-sort developed by the present authors and Ainsworth's rating scales. Maternal sensitivity was unrelated to maternal age, income, or SES, but correlated positively with maternal education. Mothers of more difficult children were less sensitive. A strong relation was found between infant attachment and maternal sensitivity as measured by the Maternal Behavior Q-sort and by the Ainsworth scales. Using the Q-sort procedure, mothers of more secure infants were more frequently characterized as noticing their babies' signals and using these signals to guide their behavior; they also were more knowledgeable about their infant and appeared to enjoy them more than mothers of less secure infants.
40位母亲及其12个月大的婴儿在家中接受了两名观察者两次观察，每次观察时长为2小时。第二次家访后，观察者使用沃特斯依恋行为Q分类法描述婴儿，并使用作者编制的母亲行为Q分类法和安斯沃思评定量表描述母亲的互动行为。母亲的敏感性与母亲的年龄、收入或社会经济地位无关，但与母亲的教育程度呈正相关。孩子较难抚养的母亲敏感性较低。通过母亲行为Q分类法和安斯沃思量表测量发现，婴儿依恋与母亲敏感性之间存在密切关系。使用Q分类程序，更安全型婴儿的母亲更常被描述为能注意到婴儿的信号，并利用这些信号指导自己的行为；她们对自己的婴儿也更了解，而且似乎比安全性较低婴儿的母亲更享受与婴儿相处的时光。
