Transition to child care: Associations with infant-mother attachment, infant negative emotion, and cortisol elevations
Transition to child care: Associations with infant-mother attachment, infant negative emotion, and cortisol elevations
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00698.x
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Barthel, M
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作者：
Ahnert, L;Gunnar, MR;Barthel, M
70名15个月大的婴儿在开始育儿前、在适应（母亲在场）和分离（前9天没有母亲）阶段以及5个月后在家中进行了研究。婴儿母亲的附件的安全性进行了评估之前和3个月后开始照顾孩子。在分离阶段，唾液皮质醇在母亲离开后的前60分钟内上升到比在家高75%至100%的水平。与不安全婴儿相比，安全婴儿在适应阶段皮质醇水平明显较低，在分离阶段的大惊小怪和哭泣水平较高，他们的大惊小怪和哭泣水平与他们的皮质醇水平显著相关。如果母亲们花更多的时间让她们的孩子适应儿童保育，那么儿童保育仍然是安全的，或者变得安全。
Seventy 15-month-old infants were studied at home before starting child care, during adaptation (mothers present) and separation (first 9 days without mothers) phases, and 5 months later. Security of infant-mother attachment was assessed before and 3 months after child care began. In the separation phase, salivary cortisol rose over the first 60 min following the mothers' departures to levels that were 75% to 100% higher than at home. Compared with insecure infants, secure infants had markedly lower cortisol levels during the adaptation phase and higher fuss and cry levels during the separation phase, and their fuss and cry levels were significantly correlated with their cortisol levels. Attachments remained secure or became secure if mothers spent more days adapting their children to child care.