title: Emotional availability in infants' relationships with multiple caregivers.
abstract: Emotional availability was rated in infants' relationships with significant caregivers over a nine-month period. Infant responsivity to and involvement of caregivers was found to be related to individual sensitivity, while each relationship appeared to be unique, and not based on the nature of the infants' relationships with their mothers.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Boston University, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment