# INFANTS AND THEIR MOTHERS: PATHWAYS TO SECURE ATTACHMENT

> **NIH NIH R01** · CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK · 1993 · $62,526

## Abstract

The proposed study will examine the relationship(s) between maternal
attachment, measured prenatally using the Adult Attachment Interview
(Main, Kaplan & Cassidy, 1985), and 1) maternal behavior with the infant
at 4, 6, and 10 months, 2) patterns of maternal representation of the
infant during pregnancy and at 10 months post-partum, 3) child attachment
status at one year and 4) developing child representational processes.
Eighty women and their babies will be studied from the third trimester of
pregnancy through the 28th post-partum month.  The study will examine 1)
the predictive validity of the Adult Attachment Interview for later
mother-child and child outcome, and 2) the stability of maternal
attachment patterns over time.  It will also examine the extent to which
social support, marital quality, maternal symptomatology, maternal
temperament and infant difficultness influence intergenerational
transmission of attachment.  It is hoped that the results of this study
will illuminate the processes by which maternal representations of their
own relationship histories are translated into behavior and affect in
relationship to their child, as well as the influence these processes
have on subsequent child socioemotional development and adaptation.
Greater understanding of these processes will presumably pave the way to
future research investigating the most effective means of prevention and
intervention with at risk dyads.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2199278
- **Project number:** 5R01HD024676-05
- **Recipient organization:** CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
- **SAM.gov UEI:** L952KGDMSLV5
- **Principal Investigator:** ARIETTA SLADE
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1993
- **Award amount:** $62,526
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1989-07-01 → 1995-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2199278

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2199278, INFANTS AND THEIR MOTHERS: PATHWAYS TO SECURE ATTACHMENT (5R01HD024676-05). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2199278. Licensed CC0.

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