Quality of attachment as a predictor of maternal visitation to young hospitalized children

Jane R. Robinson; Jane L. Rankin; Dennis Drotar

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.401

Quality of attachment as a predictor of maternal visitation to young hospitalized children

Jane R. Robinson^*, Jane L. Rankin, Dennis Drotar

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Abstract

Tested a comprehensive model of factors predicting maternal visitation with hospitalized children. Subjects were 86 mothers who completed the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, a 12-item attachment measure derived from the Waters and Deane Attachment Q-sort, and a demographic questionnaire. Children were 10 months to 4 years old (37 female, 49 male) and hospitalized for acute nonsurgical illness. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that, of the subset of variables tested (SES, number of children at home, gender, age, number of previous hospitalizations, state anxiety, and security of attachment), quality of attachment was the only significant predictor of maternal visitation rate. Mothers who reported that their children displayed insecure attachment behaviors maintained a significantly lower rate of visitation than mothers who reported that their children displayed secure attachment behaviors. Results of this study highlight the importance of understanding parent-child attachment in predicting maternal visitation when a child is hospitalized.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	401-417
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of pediatric psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.401
State	Published - 1996

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'This manuscript is based on the first authors master's thesis which was supervised by the second author and completed at Drake University. Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health grant 18830. The authors acknowledge Susan Isbill and Susan Kashubeck for their contributions to this research and to Everett Waters for graciously sharing his Attachment Q-sort measure. We also thank the students in the pediatric psychology research training program at Case Western Reserve University for their endless support and editing, along with the nursing staff of Iowa Methodist Blank's Children's Hospital for their assistance in the data collection. Finally, this manuscript is lovingly dedicated to, and in memory of my father Dr. James L. Robinson who died August I, 1995 2AII correspondence should be sent to Jane R. Robinson, Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University. 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7123.

Keywords

attachment
maternal visitation rate
separation distress

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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