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Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factors

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Ciências da Educação
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorMaria João Alves
dc.contributor.authorInês Martelo
dc.contributor.authorMarjorie Beeghly
dc.contributor.authorLuísa Barros
dc.contributor.authorFuertes, Marina
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-16T08:26:40Z
dc.date.available2025-04-16T08:26:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractA growing body of research shows that early attachment relationships are foundational for children's later developmental and psychosocial outcomes. However, findings are mixed regarding whether preterm birth predicts later attachment, but insecurity is generally more prevalent among infants at higher medical and/or social/familial risk. This longitudinal study aimed to identify specific relational, familial/demographic, and perinatal predictors of attachment in a sample of 63 Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm (VEPT, <32 gestational weeks) and their mothers from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. One‐third of the mothers had social/family risk factors (e.g., single parent, immigrant, unemployed, low education, and/or low income). At 3 months (corrected age), dyads were observed during social interaction in the Face‐to‐Face Still‐Face paradigm (FFSF) and during free play. At 12 months, mother‐infant dyads were observed in Ainsworth's Strange Situation. Over half (58.7%) of the infants were classified as insecurely attached. Social‐Positive Oriented regulatory behavior pattern, higher maternal sensitivity, higher infant cooperation during free play, number of siblings and an absence of social/family risk factors were associated with attachment security. Perinatal variables were unrelated to attachment. Findings indicate that both relational and social contextual factors contribute to attachment in this biologically vulnerable sample.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Portuguese Fundaçãopara a Ciência e a Tecnologia FEDER (PTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014).
dc.identifier.citationAntunes, S., Alves, M. J.,Martelo, I., Beeghly, M., Barros, L., & Fuertes, M.(2024). Predicting attachment in Portuguese infantsborn very or extremely preterm: Understanding theroles of infant regulatory behavior, maternalsensitivity, and risk factors. Infant Mental HealthJournal, 45, 40–55.https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22094
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/imhj.22094
dc.identifier.issn0163-9641
dc.identifier.issn1097-0355
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/21833
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationPremiers - Attachment in very and extrem preterm infants: the impact of perinatal factors, infant coping, maternal sensitivity and infant development
dc.relation.ispartofInfant Mental Health Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectFamily/social risk
dc.subjectMother-infant attachment
dc.subjectPatterns of regulatory behavior
dc.subjectPerinatal risk
dc.subjectVery/extreme prematurity
dc.subjectPTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014
dc.titlePredicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factorseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitlePremiers - Attachment in very and extrem preterm infants: the impact of perinatal factors, infant coping, maternal sensitivity and infant development
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/PTDC%2FMHC-PED%2F1424%2F2014/PT
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.volume45
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
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person.familyNameAntunes
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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