title: Emotional availability: conceptualization and research findings.
abstract: The emotional availability construct (based on observations of parent-child interactions) was first reconceptualized for research in 1991 as a way to describe the quality of parent-child interactions. Since then, there has been considerable refinement of the construct. EA refers to several parental dimensions (sensitivity, structuring, non-intrusiveness, non-hostility) and two child dimensions (responsiveness to parent and involvement of parent). The EA empirical link with attachment and parent-child relationship are reviewed and avenues for future research are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. biringen@cahs.colostate.edu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Biringen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology