Quality of Attachment to Mother and to Father: Effects of Perinatal Risk Status

This investigation addressed whether perinatal risk status was related to dimensions of infants' attachement relationships with their parents. 60 infants (30 full-term, 30 very low birthweight preterms infants seen at 2 ages (13 and 20 months) in order to assess quality of attachement to mother and to father. 3 aspects of attachment relationsships were examined: security, temporal stability of attachement to mother and father