Table 5.
Standard Estimates for Sensitivity, Infant Affect, and Parent Mind-mindedness by Attachment Grouping
| Infant-mother attachment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secure | Insecure-Avoidant | Insecure-Resistant | |||||
| Est (s.e.) | Est (s.e.) | Est (s.e.) | |||||
| Appropriate Mind-mindedness (average) | 1.26*** | (.09) | 1.57*** | (.18) | 1.27*** | (.16) | |
| Effects for: | Age | −.17*** | (.03) | −.27*** | (.07) | −.17* | (.07) |
| Sensitivity | .05 | (.05) a | .27* | (.11) b | .04 | (.10) | |
| Infant Positivity | .11 | (.15) | .35 | (.38) | −.25 | (.39) | |
| Infant Negativity | .52*** | (.13) | .48 | (.35) | .35 | (.28) | |
| Non-attuned Mind-mindedness (average) | .31*** | (.05) | .39** | (.11) | .35*** | (.09) | |
| Effects for: | Age | −.06** | (.02) | −.07 | (.04) | −.06 | (.04) |
| Sensitivity | .04 | (.03)a | .09 | (.06) | .15* | (.06)b | |
| Infant Positivity | −.11 | (.09) | −.13 | (.22) | .02 | (.23) | |
| Infant Negativity | .38*** | (.08)a | .38 | (.20) | .70*** | (.17)b | |
| Infant-father attachment | |||||||
| Secure | Insecure-Avoidant | Insecure-Resistant | |||||
| Est (s.e.) | Est (s.e.) | Est (s.e.) | |||||
| Appropriate Mind-mindedness (average) | .99*** | (.09) | 1.29*** | (.18) | 1.00*** | (.16) | |
| Effects for: | Age | −.10** | (.03) | −.19* | (.08) | −.10 | (.07) |
| Sensitivity | .10 | (.05) a | .32** | (.11) b | .08 | (.10) | |
| Infant Positivity | −.27 | (.19) | −.02 | (.38) | −.64 | (.37) | |
| Infant Negativity | .42*** | (.14) | .39 | (.33) | .25 | (.30) | |
| Non-attuned Mind-mindedness (average) | .17** | (.05) | .24* | (.11) | .20* | (.09) | |
| Effects for: | Age | .01 | (.02) | −.01 | (.05) | .01 | (.04) |
| Sensitivity | .02 | (.03) | .06 | (.06) | .12* | (.06) | |
| Infant Positivity | −.28* | (.11) | −.30 | (.22) | −.14 | (.22) | |
| Infant Negativity | .24*** | (.08)a | .25 | (.19) | .57** | (.18)b | |
Note: All analyses control for demographic risk, parent order, SFP episode, and total number of utterances (verbosity). Within a column, * reflects significance of effects of age, sensitivity, and infant affect on average levels of parent mind-mindedness within each attachment group, with *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001. Mother vs. father differences are bolded. Superscripts (ab) represent differences across attachment group. Differences between mothers and fathers are explained in text.