Abstract

NOBLEGA, Magaly et al. Maternal Care and Attachment Security in the First Year of Life. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.1, pp.245-260. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy15-1.cmsa.

Sensitivity hypothesis has been corroborated in different contexts and children ages; however, there is lack of studies that have analyzed it in the first year of life. The present study related maternal sensitivity and child secure base behavior in a group of 32 Peruvian mothers of low income families. Mothers were 19 to 44 years old and their children were between 8 and 10 months old. Mother's sensitivity was assessed using the Q-sort Maternal Behavior (Pederson & Moran, 1995) and child secure base behavior through the Attachment Q-sort (Waters, 1995). Results indicated a significant and direct relationship between two constructs and that early mother-infant physical separations play an important role in this relationship.

Keywords : secure base behavior; first year of life; maternal sensitivity; early separations.

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