Attachment relationships serve as contexts within which children develop emotional
capacities. This meta-analytic review assessed the strength of associations of parent–child …

This chapter reviews the evidence pertaining to indirect influences first and is parsed into six
domains, including studies of attachment, childrearing styles and parent–child interactions …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

This compilation of five papers provides commentary from researchers devoted to the study
of a variety of components that contribute to the broader domain of social and emotional …

This meta‐analytic review examines the association between early attachment (assessed at
1–5 years) and child temperament (assessed at birth–12 years), and compares the strength …

Objectives Infants and toddlers need secure attachments in order to develop the social
competence required to successfully navigate later peer and adult relationships …

Sensitive caregiving behavior, which involves the ability to notice, interpret, and quickly
respond to a child's signals of need and/or interest, is a central determinant of secure child …

A 2004 meta‐analysis reported good validity for the observer attachment Q‐sort (AQS), but
poor validity for the parental self‐report version. Despite this, the self‐report AQS is still …

Background: There are many studies on mother-child-bonding with little theoretical doubt
that better bonding may have a positive effect on further social development. However, there …

Background The association between mode of delivery (MOD) and parent-infant-bonding
has only been studied in mothers and findings have been inconclusive. The aim of this study …