Mother–infant cortisol attunement: Associations with mother–infant attachment disorganization

摘要: This study explores the conceptualization of mother-infant cortisol attunement both theoretically and empirically, its association with attachment disorganization. In a community sample (N = 256), disorganization were assessed during Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) at infant age 17 months. Salivary was collected baseline, 20 40 min after SSP. We utilized three statistical approaches: correlated growth modeling (probing simultaneous attunement), cross-lagged lagged, reciprocal multilevel model difference score analysis (to examine pattern discrepancies in values). Correlated revealed that disorganized, relative to organized, dyads had significant magnitude change over time, such that, among disorganized dyads, as mothers greater declines cortisol, infants increases. The divergence between maternal values, values lower than values. Disorganized status not significantly associated when conceptualized lagged model. Findings suggest relationships, who are by definition behaviorally misattuned, also misattuned their adrenocortical responses.