Mother-firstborn attachment and the birth of a sibling.
Stability of the firstborn's quality of attachment to the mother was examined during the period from the last trimester of the mother's second pregnancy through the early postpartum period, as assessed by the Strange Situation. A second pregnancy and the birth of a sibling were significantly associated with instability in the mother-firstborn attachment.
Touris
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Center for Children and Families, Loyola University, Wilmette, Ill, USA.
Kromelow
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Harding
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D001722:Birth Order; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D009863:Only Child / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D012801:Sibling Relations