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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 80, Issue 3, Pages 762-775Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01296.x
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- NICHD NIH HHS [U10 HD025430-10, U10 HD025430] Funding Source: Medline
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Associations between maternal sensitivity to infant distress and nondistress and infant social-emotional adjustment were examined in a subset of dyads from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (N = 376). Mothers reported on infant temperament at 1 and 6 months postpartum, and maternal sensitivity to distress and nondistress were observed at 6 months. Child behavior problems, social competence, and affect dysregulation were measured at 24 and 36 months. Maternal sensitivity to distress but not to nondistress was related to fewer behavioral problems and higher social competence. In addition, for temperamentally reactive infants, maternal sensitivity to distress was associated with less affect dysregulation. Sensitivity to nondistress only prevented affect dysregulation if sensitivity to distress was also high.
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