Infant Attachment and Maternal Sensitivity in the Arab Minority in Israel

Zreik, Ghadir; Oppenheim, David; Sagi‐Schwartz, Abraham

doi:10.1111/cdev.12692

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“…agree with Keller and others that warmth and sensitive responsiveness are separate constructs (Keller, Lohaus, Völker, Elben, & Ball, ), warmth is still considered an important aspect of this type of care. Warmth is included in the definition of sensitive responsiveness in seven of the eight most used observational instruments of parental sensitivity (Mesman & Emmen, ), and affection is a prominent dimension of maternal sensitivity in the Maternal Behavior Q‐sort (Pederson & Moran, ), which is still being used (e.g., Zreik, Oppenheim, & Sagi‐Schwartz, ).…”

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The Myth of Universal Sensitive Responsiveness: Comment on Mesman et al. (2017)

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This article considers claims of Mesman et al. (2017) that sensitive responsiveness as defined by Ainsworth, while not uniformly expressed across cultural contexts, is universal. Evidence presented demonstrates that none of the components of sensitive responsiveness (i.e., which partner takes the lead, whose point of view is primary, and the turn-taking structure of interactions) or warmth are universal. Mesman and colleagues' proposal that sensitive responsiveness is "providing for infant needs" is critiqued. Constructs concerning caregiver quality must be embedded within a nexus of cultural logic, including caregiving practices, based on ecologically valid childrearing values and beliefs. Sensitive responsiveness, as defined by Mesman and attachment theorists, is not universal. Attachment theory and cultural or cross-cultural psychology are not built on common ground.

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Section: Warmth As An Essential Component Of Sensitive Responsivenessmentioning

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The Myth of Universal Sensitive Responsiveness: Comment on Mesman et al. (2017)

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“…For example, SSP studies in Israel have consistently shown more children in the C than in the A category (e.g., Koren-Karie, Oppenheim, Dolev, Sher, & Etzion-Carasso, 2002;Sagi, Koren-Karie, Gini, Ziv, & Joels, 2002). A recent study that reported Arab-Israeli SSP distribution also found more children in the C category than in the A category (Zreik, Oppenheim, & Sagi-Schwartz, 2017). Thus, diverse cultural norms may partly explain why C infants dominate the insecure category for a Japanese sample and some others, but this does not negate the applicability of the measure as a whole.…”

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Japanese mothers’ prebirth Adult Attachment Interview predicts their infants’ response to the Strange Situation Procedure: The strange situation in Japan revisited three decades later.

Kondo-Ikemura¹,

Behrens²,

Umemura³

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Developmental Psychology

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The current study investigated the intergenerational transmission of attachment in Sapporo, Japan, using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). This is the first SSP study in Sapporo in three decades, after a study in the mid-1980s reported controversial results. The SSP distributions found in the current study, however, were similar to those reported in the earlier Sapporo study, including its controversial finding that ambivalent attachment was predominant in insecure infants. The current study used the AAI and the SSP to study the intergenerational transmission of attachment in Japan and found a strong categorical match consistent with those reported elsewhere in the world. A proportion of infants who were judged disorganized as the first report in this Japanese sample was also found to be similar to the reported global norm. Disorganized attachment in Japanese infants was strongly predicted by the mother's unresolved state of mind as was found across normative samples.

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“…Next, to assess the attunement of mother-infant interactions, mothers were invited to join their infants on the mattress and play with them for 10 minutes as they usually did, but without any toys or a pacifier. This type of unstructured "social play" is common in research of mother-infant and mother-child interactions (e.g., Miller & Harwood, 2002;Zreik et al, 2017). As we were interested in examining maternal sensitivity in the modality of touch and holding, we asked the mothers to pick up the infant from the mattress and put the infant down at least once during the interaction.…”

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Spontaneous movements, motor milestones, and temperament of preterm‐born infants: Associations with mother–infant attunement

Sher‐Censor

Einspieler

Jacobi

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Infancy

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Preterm-born infants and their mothers are at higher risk of showing less attuned interactions. We sought to identify characteristics of preterm-born infants associated with the attunement of mother-infant interactions at the corrected ages of 3-4 months, looking specifically at motor behaviors. We focused on infants' spontaneous movements, achievement of motor milestones, and temperament, which at this young age is often manifested via movement. Sixty preterm-born infants (Mdn gestation age in weeks = 33, 57.38% male, corrected age Mdn = 14 weeks, interquartile range = 13-16) and their mothers participated. Independent observers rated mother-infant attunement, infants' spontaneous movements, and infants' achievement of motor milestones.Mothers reported infant temperament. We found infants' smooth and fluent movement character and continual fidgety movements were associated with better attunement in terms of higher maternal sensitivity and non-intrusiveness and higher infant responsiveness and involvement. Unexpectedly, infants' achievement of motor milestones was not significantly associated with mother-infant attunement, and maternal reports of infants' higher soothability were associated with lower | 413 LEV-ENACABetal.

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Infant Attachment and Maternal Sensitivity in the Arab Minority in Israel

Cited by 20 publications

References 43 publications

The Myth of Universal Sensitive Responsiveness: Comment on Mesman et al. (2017)

The Myth of Universal Sensitive Responsiveness: Comment on Mesman et al. (2017)

Japanese mothers’ prebirth Adult Attachment Interview predicts their infants’ response to the Strange Situation Procedure: The strange situation in Japan revisited three decades later.

Spontaneous movements, motor milestones, and temperament of preterm‐born infants: Associations with mother–infant attunement

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