title: Preschoolers' distress and regulatory behaviors vary as a function of infant-mother attachment security.
abstract: Children (N=98) with higher attachment security scores, and lower resistance and avoidance scores during the Strange Situation at 16 months demonstrated somewhat more adaptive observed and mother-reported emotion regulation as preschoolers independent of maternal behavior.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies Department, Greensboro, NC 27412, United States. Electronic address: j_qu2@uncg.edu.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies Department, Greensboro, NC 27412, United States. Electronic address: emleerke@uncg.edu.
authors.forename: Esther M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Leerkes
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies Department, Greensboro, NC 27412, United States. Electronic address: e_king@uncg.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D002666:Psychology, Child
keywords: Attachment; Emotion regulation; Infant distress; Regulatory behaviors