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Emotional relationships between mothers and infants: Knowns, unknowns, and unknown unknowns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2012

Marc H. Bornstein ,
Joan T. D. Suwalsky  and
Dana A. Breakstone
Marc H. Bornstein*
Affiliation:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Joan T. D. Suwalsky
Affiliation:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Dana A. Breakstone
Affiliation:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Marc H. Bornstein, Child and Family Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Suite 8030, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7971; E-mail: marc_h_bornstein@nih.gov.
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Abstract

An overview of the literature pertaining to the construct of emotional availability is presented, illustrated by a sampling of relevant studies. Methodological, statistical, and conceptual problems in the existing corpus of research are discussed, and suggestions for improving future investigations of this important construct are offered.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 113 - 123
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