TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal sensitivity and child attachment security in a low SES Peruvian sample
T2 - longitudinal relationships
AU - Nóblega, Magaly
AU - Conde, Gabriela
AU - Bartra, Ramón
AU - Posada, Germán
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - We tested the generalizability of the sensitivity-security link in a sample of 35 preschooler-mother dyads from a low socioeconomic district in Lima, Peru. We first describe maternal sensitivity and attachment security at two timepoints during early childhood. Second, we investigated the stability of attachment security and maternal sensitivity over a time span of one year. Third, we tested the association between sensitivity and security at each timepoint. Finally, we investigated whether changes in maternal sensitivity predict changes in child security. The results indicated that sensitivity and security were lower than scores reported in the literature for middle-class samples. T2 maternal sensitivity scores were significantly higher than T1 sensitivity scores, and no significant differences were found between T1 and T2 security. Sensitivity and security were associated at both timepoints, after controlling for socio-demographic variables. One-tail test indicated that changes in maternal sensitivity were associated with changes in child security.
AB - We tested the generalizability of the sensitivity-security link in a sample of 35 preschooler-mother dyads from a low socioeconomic district in Lima, Peru. We first describe maternal sensitivity and attachment security at two timepoints during early childhood. Second, we investigated the stability of attachment security and maternal sensitivity over a time span of one year. Third, we tested the association between sensitivity and security at each timepoint. Finally, we investigated whether changes in maternal sensitivity predict changes in child security. The results indicated that sensitivity and security were lower than scores reported in the literature for middle-class samples. T2 maternal sensitivity scores were significantly higher than T1 sensitivity scores, and no significant differences were found between T1 and T2 security. Sensitivity and security were associated at both timepoints, after controlling for socio-demographic variables. One-tail test indicated that changes in maternal sensitivity were associated with changes in child security.
KW - Attachment security
KW - attachment theory
KW - early childhood
KW - longitudinal study
KW - maternal sensitivity
KW - Peru
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85206941657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14616734.2024.2414994
DO - 10.1080/14616734.2024.2414994
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85206941657
SN - 1461-6734
JO - Attachment and Human Development
JF - Attachment and Human Development
ER -