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Table 6 Associations between type of maternal Still-Face violation during the Face-to-Face Still-Face paradigm at 3 months and distribution of infant attachment patterns at 12 months

From: The challenges of stillness: a longitudinal study about the associations between mothers’ violations of the still-face, infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant interactive behavior, and infant attachment

Type of Maternal

Still-Face Violation

Infant Attachment Classification

 

Total

A

B

C

D

 
 

Soothing behavior

1a, b (5.6%, − 0.9)

11b (61.1%, 3.6)

2a, b (11.1%, -1.2)

4b (22.2%, -1.8)

18 (100%)

Other

5ª,b(13.9%, 0.9)

5ª,b (13.9%, -3.6)

9a, b (25%,-1.2)

17a (47.2%, 1.8)

36 (100%)

Total

6 (11.1%)

16 (29.6%)

11 (20.4%)

21 (38.9%)

54

  1. Note. Infant attachment was assessed during Ainsworth’s Strange Situation at 12 months (corrected age). A = insecure-avoidant attachment; B = secure attachment; C = insecure-ambivalent/resistant attachment; D = Disorganized/Disoriented. Fisher Exact Test = 11.634, DF = 3, p =.006. A different superscript letter denotes that the frequencies differ significantly from each other; p <.05 (column proportions test with Bonferroni adjustment). Cramer’s = 0.498; p <.005
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