Disrupted affective communication characterizes mothers of infants with disorganized but also ambivalent attachments: An Israeli study

Inbar Ariav-Paraira; David Oppenheim; Abraham Sagi-Schwartz

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Disrupted affective communication characterizes mothers of infants with disorganized but also ambivalent attachments: An Israeli study

Inbar Ariav-Paraira, David Oppenheim, Abraham Sagi-Schwartz

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This study examined whether maternal disrupted communication, which is associated with disorganized infant attachment, also characterizes mothers of ambivalent infants. The study, conducted in Israel, included a Jewish sample (N = 163; 68 Girls) from diverse socioeconomic status, collected between 1991 and 1993 in an earlier study. The sample over-represented ambivalent and disorganized attachments. Attachment was assessed in the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) at 12 months and disrupted communication was coded from the SSP using the Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification (AMBIANCE; Lyons-Ruth et al., 1999). Mothers of ambivalent infants showed higher disrupted communication than mothers of secure, avoidant, and disorganized infants. The findings shed further light on the correlates of ambivalent attachment and call for research regarding maternal and infant characteristics that differentiate ambivalent versus disorganized attachment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e59-e70
Journal	Child Development
Volume	93
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13679
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation Fellowship granted to Inbar Ariav-Paraira. The data used in this research were collected as part of an earlier study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant # 1RO HD 25975). An earlier version of this manuscript was included in a doctoral dissertation submitted by Inbar Ariav-Paraira to the University of Haifa. The authors would like to thank Drs. Nina Koren-Karie and Ora Aviezer for their contributions to the study as members of the dissertation committee. We also thank Dr. Elisa T. Bronfman for her support and help with the AMBIANCE, and to Gabriela Levy and Noa Gal for their devoted research assistantship.

Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation Fellowship granted to Inbar Ariav‐Paraira. The data used in this research were collected as part of an earlier study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant # 1RO HD 25975).

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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