Attachment quality is related to the synchrony of mother and infant monitoring patterns

Figures & data

Figure 1. Frames from the Start, Uphill, Separation, Leaving Response (a) and Return Response segments (b) of the animation. Areas of interests (AOIs) for the two figures during the Separation and Response segments are shown (not visible during the presentation).

Table 1. Distribution of infants based on the secondary ABC classification within the organized and disorganized groups.

	Avoidant (A)	Secure (B)	Resistant (C)	Total
Organized	3 (8%)	22 (60%)	12 (32%)	37
Disorganized	5 (31%)	4 (25%)	7 (44%)	16
Total	8 (15%)	26 (49%)	19 (36%)	53

Figure 2. Mean fixation duration ratio for the “parent” figure for infants and mothers during the Separation and Response segments (* p < .05). Dashed line at 0.5 indicates equal relative fixation duration for “parent” and “baby” figure.

Table 2. Correlations (Pearson r) between attachment security, disorganization, and relative monitoring in infants and mothers during the crying animations in the Separation and Response segments.

	1	2	3	4	5
1. Infant monitoring Separation	–
2. Mother monitoring Separation	−.13	–
3. Infant monitoring Response	.49**	X	–
4. Mother monitoring Response	X	.46**	−.22	–
5. Security score	.20	−.09	−.10	−.07	–
6. Disorganization score	.21	−.04	.18	.08	−.37*

*p < .05, **p < .001, X = irrelevant correlations.