Maternal attachment representations 18 (corrected) months after very preterm birth and the effect of the post-discharge Infant Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Program (IBAIP) were studied.
According to the model of transgenerational transmission [ 51], maternal attachment representations influence the child's attachment more than maternal sensitivity does [ 52- 54].
During pregnancy and the first 12 months of the child's life, maternal caregiving representations are consolidated via maternal caregiving behaviors, in parallel to the development of the infant's attachment behaviour.
In several studies, the security of maternal attachment representations, as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) [ 29], has been found to be significantly related to mother-infant attachment security [ 30].
Correspondence has been found between maternal caregiving representation, maternal adult attachment classification and the child's attachment classification [ 55– 55].
Infant neonate characteristics will potentially impact the proposed transmission mechanisms with regard to postnatal maternal caregiving representation, mother-infant interaction and level of stress-exposure after birth.
To explore transmission mechanisms of risk from parent to infant focusing especially on three possible mechanisms: stress, maternal caregiving-representation and mother-infant interaction.
Factors in the parents, the infant and the social environment will be evaluated at 1, 4, 16 and 52 weeks in terms of evolution of very early indicators of developmental risk and resilience focusing on three possible environmental transmission mechanisms: stress, maternal caregiver representation, and caregiver-infant interaction.
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