Frightening maternal behaviour, unresolved loss, and disorganized infant attachment: A pilot-study

Carlo Schuengel Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands

Ijzendoorn H. Van Marinus Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands

Marian J. Bakermans-kranenburg Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands

Marjolijn Blom Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

We investigated frightening (threatening, frightened, or dissociated) maternal behaviour as the proposed explanation of the association between maternal unresolved state of mind regarding loss and disorganized infant attachment (Main and Hesse, 1990). We established frightening maternal behaviour can be identified in home observations, even in a lowrisk sample (n = 12), and was predicted at the trend level by unresolved maternal loss.

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