Maternal Sensitivity, Child Functional Level, and Attachment in Down Syndrome. Chapter III.
Date
1999
Authors
Atkinson, Leslie
Chisholm, Vivienne
Scott, Brian
Goldberg, Susan
Vaughn, Brian E.
Blackwell, Janis
Dickens, Susan
Tam, Francis
Citation
Atkinson, L., Chisholm, V.C., Scott, B., Goldberg, S., Vaughn, B.E., Blackwell, J., Dickens, S. and Tam, F. (1999) ‘Chapter iii. Maternal sensitivity, child functional level, and attachment in down syndrome’, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 64(3), pp. 45–66. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-5834.00033.
Abstract
Investigated the influence of child intellectual/adaptive functioning and maternal sensitivity on attachment security, using a sample of children with Down syndrome. Found a relationship between attachment security in DS related to the interaction of maternal sensitivity and cognitive competence.