Rethinking Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers
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Elizabeth Meins; Charles Fernyhough; Emma Fradley; Michelle Tuckey
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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This study investigated predictors of attachment security in a play context using a sample of 71 mothers and their 6‐month‐old infants. We sought to rethink the concept of maternal sensitivity by focusing on mothers’ ability accurately to read the mental states governing infant behaviour. Five categ