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This finding looks at the relationship between mother-infant attachment security and entering child care.

For infants entering child care, their attachments to their mothers were significantly more likely to remain or become emotionally secure if their mothers spent more time helping them adapt to child care.

Sample or Data Description
70, 15-month-old infants were studied at home before starting child care, during adaptation and separation phases, and 5 months later.

Source
"Transition to Child Care: Associations With infant-Mother Attachment, Infant Negative Emotion, and Cortisol Elevations"
Ahnert, L.
Gunnar, M. R., Lamb, M. E.; and Barthel, M.
Child Development Vol. 75, Number 3. May/June, 2004. Page(s) 63.

FindingID: 7547