Maternal relationship history as an indicator of developmental risk.
Two groups of disadvantaged mothers and children were formed on the basis of the mothers' histories of relationships with men. Comparisons of the groups when the children were 24, 42, and 64 months old and at first grade suggest that initial differences in maternal support for the child eventually led to differences in mother-child interaction and in ratings of child behavior by mothers and teachers.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011340:Problem Solving; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment