Linking employment to attachment: the mediating effects of maternal separation anxiety and interactive behavior.
Linking employment to attachment: the mediating effects of maternal separation anxiety and interactive behavior.
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将就业与依恋联系起来：母亲分离焦虑和互动行为的中介作用。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb02963.x
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Fish,M
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作者：
Stifter,CA;Coulehan,CM;Fish,M
本研究旨在探讨母亲的职业和分离焦虑对母亲互动行为和婴儿依恋的影响。73对母婴在婴儿5个月和10个月大时参加了实验室自由游戏，在婴儿18个月大时参加了奇怪的情境。在5个月时，通过问卷调查评估母亲与婴儿分离的感受。有工作的母亲在婴儿5个月之前就返回工作岗位，而没有工作的母亲在婴儿10个月之前不外出工作。报告分离焦虑水平高的在职母亲更有可能在10个月时表现出侵入性行为。虽然就业与依恋没有直接关系，但我们发现高焦虑母亲的婴儿会发展焦虑回避型依恋。研究结果提示，母亲的分离焦虑和互动方式可能是母亲就业与婴儿后期结局之间的重要中介变量。
This study examined the effects of maternal employment and separation anxiety on maternal interactive behavior and infant attachment. 73 mother‐infant pairs participated in a laboratory free‐play session when infants were 5 and 10 months of age and in the Strange Situation when the infants were 18 months of age. Maternal feelings about being separated from her infant were assessed by questionnaire at 5 months. Employed mothers returned to work before the infants' fifth month, and nonemployed mothers did not work outside the home through their infants' tenth month. Employed mothers who reported high levels of separation anxiety were more likely to exhibit intrusive behaviors at 10 months. While employment was not directly related to attachment, we found infants of high‐anxiety employed mothers to develop anxious‐avoidant attachments. The results suggest that maternal separation anxiety and interactive style may be important mediators between employment and later infant outcome.