Neurobiology of infant attachment: attachment despite adversity and parental programming of emotionality

Perry, Rosemarie E.; Blair, Clancy; Sullivan, Regina M.

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.04.022

Cited by 108 publications

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“…This is consistent with several studies in rodents showing that infant pups will form an attachment bond to their primary caregiver regardless of the quality of caregiving, even if the caregiver exhibits abuse and maltreatment (Perry et al, 2017;Perry & Sullivan, 2014;Rainecki, Moriceau, & Sullivan, 2010). In other words, early in infancy maternal regulation via physiological linkage may be an experience-expectant process intended to support attachment to a caregiver-for better or for worse-to promote survival even at the cost of longer term detriment.…”

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 7 And 1supporting

confidence: 90%

“…In other words, early in infancy maternal regulation via physiological linkage may be an experience-expectant process intended to support attachment to a caregiver-for better or for worse-to promote survival even at the cost of longer term detriment. This is consistent with several studies in rodents showing that infant pups will form an attachment bond to their primary caregiver regardless of the quality of caregiving, even if the caregiver exhibits abuse and maltreatment (Perry et al, 2017;Perry & Sullivan, 2014;Rainecki, Moriceau, & Sullivan, 2010).…”

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 7 And 1supporting

confidence: 90%

“…This decrease in reactivity may indicate an effect of social buffering (Hostinar et al, 2014). Moreover, social buffering may be especially important early in life for protecting the developing brain from the potentially damaging effects of elevated glucocorticoids and for scaffolding healthy attachment (Gunnar & Quevedo, 2007;Perry et al, 2017;Sullivan & Perry, 2015). Moreover, social buffering may be especially important early in life for protecting the developing brain from the potentially damaging effects of elevated glucocorticoids and for scaffolding healthy attachment (Gunnar & Quevedo, 2007;Perry et al, 2017;Sullivan & Perry, 2015).…”

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 24 Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cross-species research has shown that caregiver regulation is specific to early childhood and infancy (Gee, 2016;Moriceau & Sullivan, 2006;Perry et al, 2017). Cross-species research has shown that caregiver regulation is specific to early childhood and infancy (Gee, 2016;Moriceau & Sullivan, 2006;Perry et al, 2017).…”

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 24 Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During parent-child interactions, the caregiver communicates information explicitly and implicitly to the infant about the external world and how to respond adaptively to environmental stressors and challenges to promote survival (Frith, 2008;Papousek, 2007). Importantly, the caregiver serves a dual function in this regard: that of buffering against stressors or exacerbating their damaging effects (Perry, Blair, & Sullivan, 2017).…”

Section: Maternal Regulation Of Child Stress Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

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Socioeconomic risk moderates the association between caregiver cortisol levels and infant cortisol reactivity to emotion induction at 24 months

Braren

Perry

Ursache

et al. 2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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Relations between maternal baseline cortisol and infant cortisol reactivity to an emotion induction procedure at child ages 7, 15, and 24 months were analyzed using data from the Family Life Project (N = 1,292). The emotion induction consisted of a series of standardized and validated tasks, including an arm restraint, toy removal, and mask presentation, intended to elicit responses of fear and frustration. Results revealed that at 7 and 15 months, maternal baseline cortisol was negatively related to child cortisol reactivity, such that children of mothers with lower cortisol exhibited steeper cortisol increases in response to the emotion induction. At 24 months, the association between mother and infant cortisol was moderated by socioeconomic risk, such that maternal baseline cortisol was associated with child cortisol reactivity only in dyads characterized by low socioeconomic risk. Furthermore, at 24 months, children of mothers with low baseline cortisol and low socioeconomic risk exhibited decreasing cortisol responses, whereas children of mothers with low baseline cortisol but high risk exhibited flat cortisol responses. Children in dyads characterized by high baseline maternal cortisol also exhibited flat cortisol responses regardless of socioeconomic risk. The role of caregiver physiology in the regulation of the child's stress response in the context of adversity is discussed. K E Y W O R D Scortisol, parenting, poverty, socioeconomic status, stress

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Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 7 And 1supporting

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Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 7 And 1supporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 24 Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Associations Between Mother and Infant Cortisol At 24 Monthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Maternal Regulation Of Child Stress Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

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Socioeconomic risk moderates the association between caregiver cortisol levels and infant cortisol reactivity to emotion induction at 24 months

Braren

Perry

Ursache

et al. 2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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Interbrain substrates of role switching during mother–child interaction

Li,

Wu,

et al. 2024

Human Brain Mapping

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Mother–child interaction is highly dynamic and reciprocal. Switching roles in these back‐and‐forth interactions serves as a crucial feature of reciprocal behaviors while the underlying neural entrainment is still not well‐studied. Here, we designed a role‐controlled cooperative task with dual EEG recording to explore how differently two brains interact when mothers and children hold different roles. When children were actors and mothers were observers, mother–child interbrain synchrony emerged primarily within the theta oscillations and the frontal lobe, which highly correlated with children's attachment to their mothers (self‐reported by mothers). When their roles were reversed, this synchrony was shifted to the alpha oscillations and the central area and associated with mothers' perception of their relationship with their children. The results suggested an observer‐actor neural alignment within the actor's oscillations, which was related to the actor‐toward‐observer emotional bonding. Our findings contribute to the understanding of how interbrain synchrony is established and dynamically changed during mother–child reciprocal interaction.

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Attachment and stress regulation in socioeconomically disadvantaged children: Can public childcare compensate?

Eckstein-Madry

Piskernik

Ahnert

2020

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Children growing up in families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) are at greater risk for deficits in attachment and stress regulation as compared to peers in families with more socioeconomic resources. The present study hypothesized that care providers in out-of-home care might help these children to compensate. We therefore investigated 60 children (n = 30 from SED, n = 30 matched counterparts from middle class) and assessed children's Attachment Q-Sort (AQS) toward the mother and the primary care provider in childcare centers.Moreover, children's diurnal cortisol rhythm was measured based on 12 saliva samples taken across three days a week.The disadvantaged children showed lower AQS scores with their mothers than their care providers. Compared to their counterparts, disadvantaged children also displayed heightened cortisol release and flatter cortisol profiles reflecting overall high hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical activities and lower capacities to regulate stress. Most notably however, multilevel path modeling linked higher care provider AQS scores to decreasing cortisol release throughout the week. K E Y W O R D Schild attachment toward a care provider, diurnal cortisol rhythm, out-of-home care, stress regulation Socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) is a widely recognized concern as long-lasting adverse effects on children's health have been robustly and consistently reported over the lifespan (

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Neurobiology of infant attachment: attachment despite adversity and parental programming of emotionality

Cited by 108 publications

References 54 publications

Socioeconomic risk moderates the association between caregiver cortisol levels and infant cortisol reactivity to emotion induction at 24 months

Socioeconomic risk moderates the association between caregiver cortisol levels and infant cortisol reactivity to emotion induction at 24 months

Interbrain substrates of role switching during mother–child interaction

Attachment and stress regulation in socioeconomically disadvantaged children: Can public childcare compensate?

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