TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal sensitivity mediates the link between maternal insightfulness/resolution and child-mother attachment
T2 - The case of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Oppenheim, David
AU - Koren-Karie, Nina
AU - Dolev, Smadar
AU - Yirmiya, Nurit
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This study examined the hypothesis that maternal sensitivity mediates the association between maternal Insightfulness/Resolution and child attachment in a sample of preschool age boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This study used the Insightfulness Assessment to assess insightfulness and the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview to assess mothers' resolution. Maternal sensitivity was assessed from mother-child play observations, and the security of children's attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation Procedure. The results supported the mediation model, and their implications for attachment research, research on intervention in autism, and clinical work are discussed.
AB - This study examined the hypothesis that maternal sensitivity mediates the association between maternal Insightfulness/Resolution and child attachment in a sample of preschool age boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This study used the Insightfulness Assessment to assess insightfulness and the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview to assess mothers' resolution. Maternal sensitivity was assessed from mother-child play observations, and the security of children's attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation Procedure. The results supported the mediation model, and their implications for attachment research, research on intervention in autism, and clinical work are discussed.
KW - attachment
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder
KW - insightfulness
KW - maternal sensitivity
KW - resolution of diagnosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84868284548&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14616734.2012.727256
DO - 10.1080/14616734.2012.727256
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C2 - 23106179
AN - SCOPUS:84868284548
SN - 1461-6734
VL - 14
SP - 567
EP - 584
JO - Attachment and Human Development
JF - Attachment and Human Development
IS - 6
ER -