TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Child Maltreatment, Attachment Security, and Internal Representations of Mother and Mother-Child Relationships
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Stronach, Erin Pickreign
A1  - Toth, Sheree L.
A1  - Rogosch, Fred A.
A1  - Oshri, Assaf
A1  - Todd Manly, Jody
A1  - Cicchetti, Dante
SP  - 137
EP  - 145
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - Attachment security and internal representations of mothers, and of the mother-child relationship, were examined in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample of maltreated (N = 92) and nonmaltreated (N = 31) preschool-aged children. Maltreated preschoolers had lower rates of secure attachment and higher rates of disorganized attachment than did nonmaltreated preschoolers. Maltreatment also was associated with less positive global representations of the mother-child relationship relative to the nonmaltreated comparison group. Analyses were conducted to determine whether maltreatment characteristics such as subtype, chronicity, severity, and frequency were associated with attachment organization and with internal representations. Implications of these results for developmental theory and intervention with maltreated children are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559511398294
ID  - ref1
ER  -