Pederson D R, Gleason K E, Moran G, Bento S
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Dev Psychol. 1998 Sep;34(5):925-33. doi: 10.1037//0012-1649.34.5.925.
The role of maternal sensitivity as a mediator accounting for the robust association between maternal attachment representations and the quality of the infant-mother attachment relationship was examined. Sixty mother-infant dyads were observed at home and in the Strange Situation at 13 months, and mothers participated in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) within the next 6 months. A strong association was found between AAI and Strange Situation classifications, and autonomous mothers were more sensitive at home than were nonautonomous mothers. Mothers in secure relationships were more sensitive at home than mothers in nonsecure relationships. Likewise, infants in secure relationships were more secure as assessed by the Waters' Attachment Q sort than infants in nonsecure relationships. A test of the mediational model revealed that maternal sensitivity accounted for 17% of the relation between AAI and Strange Situation classifications.
研究了母亲敏感性作为一种中介因素在解释母亲依恋表征与母婴依恋关系质量之间强大关联中的作用。在婴儿13个月大时,对60对母婴进行了在家中和陌生情境中的观察,母亲们在接下来的6个月内参与了成人依恋访谈(AAI)。研究发现AAI与陌生情境分类之间存在强烈关联,自主型母亲在家中比非自主型母亲更敏感。处于安全关系中的母亲在家中比处于非安全关系中的母亲更敏感。同样,通过沃特斯依恋Q分类法评估,处于安全关系中的婴儿比处于非安全关系中的婴儿更安全。中介模型检验表明,母亲敏感性占AAI与陌生情境分类之间关系的17%。