Maternal Sensitivity: Mary Ainsworth's Enduring Influence on Attachment Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367739263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Klaus Grossmann; Inge Bretherton; Everett Waters

Opis

In this volume, some of the world’s leading experts on infant-mother interaction, caregiver sensitivity, and infant security celebrate Mary Ainsworth’s enduring influence. These thoughtful new essays focusing on maternal sensitivity are a virtual seminar on the work that established attachment theory as one of the most revolutionary contribution

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Maternal sensitivity: observational studies honoring Mary Ainsworth’s 100th year Klaus E. Grossmann, Inge Bretherton, Everett Waters and Karin Grossmann  2. Mary D. Salter Ainsworth: an autobiographical sketch Mary D. Salter Ainsworth  3. Revisiting Mary Ainsworth’s conceptualization and assessments of maternal sensitivity insensitivity Inge Bretherton  4. Mary Ainsworth’s legacy: a systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity Judi Mesman and Rosanneke A.G. Emmen  5. Parental synchrony and nurturance as targets in an attachment based intervention: building upon Mary Ainsworth’s insights about mother–infant interaction Kristin Bernard, EB Meade and Mary Dozier  6. Sensitive attunement to infants’ internal states: operationalizing the construct of mind-mindedness Elizabeth Meins  7. The insightfulness assessment: measuring the internal processes underlying maternal sensitivity David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie  8. Parsing the construct of maternal insensitivity: distinct longitudinal pathways associated with early maternal withdrawal Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Jean-Francois Bureau, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Ingrid Obsuth, Kate Hennighausen and Lauriane Vulliez-Coady  9. How does microanalysis of mother–infant communication inform maternal sensitivity and infant attachment? Beatrice Beebe and Miriam Steele  10. One doll fits all: validation of the Leiden Infant Simulator Sensitivity Assessment (LISSA) Alexandra Voorthuis, Dorothée Out, Rixt van der Veen, Ritu Bhandari, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg  11. Maternal anxiety, maternal sensitivity, and attachment Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Rebecca Chicot, Anne Shouldice and Camilla A. Hinde  12. Piecing together the sensitivity construct: ethology and cross-cultural research Germán Posada  13. Individual dispositions as precursors of differences in attachment quality: why maternal sensitivity is nevertheless important Gottfried Spangler  14. Epilogue: reflections on a Special Issue of Attachment & Human Development in Mary Ainsworth’s 100th year Everett Waters, Dean Petters and Christopher Facompre

O autorze

Klaus Grossmann, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Regensburg, Germany.

Inge Bretherton, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Everett Waters, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA..

Karin Grossmann, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist (retired) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Regensburg, Germany.