Chapter III. Maternal Sensitivity, Child Functional Level, and Attachment in Down Syndrome - Concepedia

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Chapter III. Maternal Sensitivity, Child Functional Level, and Attachment in Down Syndrome

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1999

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Leslie Atkinson, Vivienne Chisholm, Brian S. Scott, Susan Goldberg, Brian E. Vaughn, Janis Blackwell, Susan E. Dickens, Frances Tam

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

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.