@article{ref1,
title="Negotiation styles in mother—child narrative co-construction in middle childhood: Associations with early attachment",
journal="International journal of behavioral development",
year="2007",
author="Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham and Gini, Motti",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="149-160",
abstract="This study examined associations between infant—mother attachment, assessed using Ainsworth's Strange Situation at 12-months, and mother—child narrative co-construction in 110 Israeli mothers and their 71/2 year-old children to examine aspects of Bowlby's (1973) notion of Goal-Corrected Partnerships. Narrative co-constructions were classified into a mutual-balanced style or one of two non-mutual/unbalanced styles of affective negotiation. Dyads with children classified as secure were more likely to be classified as mutual-balanced than dyads with children classified as insecure (ambivalent or disorganized). The latter were likely to be classified into one of the two Non-mutual/Unbalanced classifications (i.e., Disengaged or Overwhelming). Contributions of this study to broadening our understanding of secure-base in the post-infancy years, and for increasing our knowledge about goal-corrected partnerships, are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0165-0254",
doi="10.1177/0165025407074626",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025407074626"
}