Department of Psychology, Cappadocia University, Nevşehir, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Attach Hum Dev. 2022 Aug;24(4):439-460. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2021.1976446. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
This study investigated the associations between incarcerated mothers' sensitivity and their co-residing children's attachment security. Furthermore, the moderating role of children's temperament on the associations between maternal sensitivity and children's attachment security was examined. The study sample consisted of 84 incarcerated mothers ( = 29.9, = 5.6) and their 12- to 43-month-old ( = 25.3, = 8.3) children who co-resided with them in prison facilities. Maternal sensitivity and child's attachment were assessed by observation of mother-child interaction using the Maternal Sensitivity Scale and the Turkish Toddler Attachment Sort-60, respectively. Mothers reported their children's temperamental features (i.e. negative emotionality and effortful control) using the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed that maternal sensitivity was related positively to children's secure attachment and negatively to children's disorganized attachment. Furthermore, children's negative emotionality and effortful control moderated the associations between maternal sensitivity and children's attachment. Specifically, maternal sensitivity negatively predicted children's avoidant attachment only for children with low negative emotionality and with high effortful control. Additionally, maternal sensitivity negatively predicted children's anxious attachment only for children with low effortful control. Results are discussed in terms of sample-specific experiences, contextual factors, and the differential susceptibility hypothesis.
本研究调查了监禁母亲的敏感性与其共同居住的孩子的依恋安全性之间的关系。此外，还研究了孩子气质对母亲敏感性与孩子依恋安全性之间关系的调节作用。研究样本包括 84 名监禁母亲（=29.9，=5.6）及其 12 至 43 个月大的（=25.3，=8.3）共同居住在监狱设施中的孩子。通过使用母亲敏感性量表和土耳其幼儿依恋排序-60 观察母子互动来评估母亲的敏感性和孩子的依恋。母亲使用早期儿童行为问卷报告了孩子的气质特征（即负性情绪和努力控制）。结果表明，母亲的敏感性与孩子的安全依恋呈正相关，与孩子的组织不良的依恋呈负相关。此外，孩子的负性情绪和努力控制调节了母亲敏感性与孩子依恋之间的关系。具体而言，只有当孩子的负性情绪较低且努力控制较高时，母亲的敏感性才会负向预测孩子的回避型依恋。此外，只有当孩子的努力控制较低时，母亲的敏感性才会负向预测孩子的焦虑型依恋。结果从特定于样本的经验、情境因素和易感性差异假说的角度进行了讨论。
