The infant's manifestations with both parents during the formation of attachment in the first year

Las manifestaciones del infante con ambos progenitores durante la formación del apego en el primer año

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Dra. Eniuska Hernández Cedeño
Dra. Adis Aymee López Bauta
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The manifestations of infants with both parents in the first year of life constitute a valuable tool for assessing the course and quality of the attachment they develop with them. However, there are no updated and contextualized descriptions in Cuba, which is why the present study aims to characterize the manifestations of Cuban infants in relation to their mother and father during the formation of attachment in the first year of life. A qualitative methodological approach and a Multiple Case Study design with nine triads are adopted. The results reflect that in the pre-attachment period, the origins of the differentiated affective relationship of infants with their parents are found, showing a preferential interaction with them in the presence of a stranger; while during the forming attachment, the interaction is much more differentiated with the mother. In the attachment stage, infants show interest in maintaining proximity with both parents, but tend to rely more on the mother as an emotional refuge and display greater emotional expressiveness when reunited with her than with the father. These results are similar to those described in attachment theory regarding the development of attachment at this stage, and demonstrate that the manifestations of infants constitute indicators of the formation of a progressive affective relationship with their parents that goes through different periods in the first year and is first formed with the mother.

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Dra. Eniuska Hernández Cedeño, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la Habana.

Doctora en Ciencias Psicología. Máster en Psicología Clínica y Máster en Género, Educación de la Sexualidad y Salud Reproductiva. Licenciada en Psicología. Profesora Titular.

Dra. Adis Aymee López Bauta, Doctorado en Psicología, Faculta de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción.

Aspirante a Doctora en Psicología (Beca de Doctorado Nacional 21210229 de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile). Máster en Género y Educación de la Sexualidad, Licenciada en Psicología. Profesora Asistente.

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