TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Stability and change in mothers' internal representations of their infants over time
JO  - Attachment and human development
A1  - Huth-Bocks, Alissa C.
A1  - Bogat, G. Anne
A1  - Levendosky, Alytia A.
A1  - Theran, Sally A.
SP  - 253
EP  - 268
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - This study examined predictors of stability and change in women's maternal representations of their children. Participants were 180 women, recruited from the community, half of whom had experienced domestic violence during pregnancy. Maternal representations of were assessed with the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI; Zeanah, Benoit, Hirshberg, Barton, & Regan, 1994) during the last trimester of pregnancy and again at the child's first birthday. Results indicated that when collapsed into balanced and non-balanced categories, 71% of the sample was stable over time, and women who had balanced representations had significantly more stable representations than women who had non-balanced representations (p < .001). Income, single parenthood, abuse status, and depressive symptomatology predicted change. In addition, women who became non-balanced postnatally benefited from having balanced representations while pregnant to buffer the quality of their interactions with their children.<p /> 
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SN  - 1461-6734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616730500245609
ID  - ref1
ER  -