What can make the difference? Premature birth and maternal sensitivity at 3 months of age: the role of attachment organization, traumatic reaction and baby's medical risk

Gabrielle Coppola; Rosalinda Cassibba; Alessandro Costantini

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.03.004

What can make the difference? Premature birth and maternal sensitivity at 3 months of age: the role of attachment organization, traumatic reaction and baby's medical risk

Infant Behav Dev. 2007 Dec;30(4):679-84. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.03.004. Epub 2007 Apr 20.

Authors

Gabrielle Coppola¹, Rosalinda Cassibba, Alessandro Costantini

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti, Italy. g.coppola@unich.it

PMID: 17449102
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.03.004

Abstract

The influence of prematurity and maternal attachment organization on sensitivity was investigated in 40 mother-infant dyads. Results show a main effect of attachment and an interaction between attachment and prematurity. Sensitivity was differently associated with medical risk and mothers' traumatic reaction, depending on the quality of attachment.

MeSH terms

Adult
Affect
Anxiety, Separation / psychology*
Child Development / physiology
Cognition
Female
Health Status*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature*
Male
Maternal Behavior / psychology
Mother-Child Relations*
Object Attachment*
Risk Factors