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Shared Pleasure in Early Mother‐Infant Interactions Predicts Infant Attachment Security: A Brief Report
Originally published 2026-01-01 · Infancy
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/infa.70066 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Trust
What can researchers learn from shared moments of delight with a baby?
The study considers shared positive moments as one observable feature of a dependable early relationship, rather than treating trust as an abstract parental intention.
Who was studied?
Sixty-seven mother–infant dyads, including mothers with postpartum depression
Age / stage: Infants observed at 4 months and assessed at 13 months
Read with three questions
- How did researchers define and micro-code shared pleasure?
- Was attachment associated with the presence or duration of those moments?
- Why should a three-minute laboratory interaction not become a parenting scorecard?
Keep the limits in view
The sample was small, mother-only, mostly Danish and well-educated. The short coded interaction and indirect construction of shared pleasure limit construct validity and generalizability; the design is not causal.
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Ida Egmose; Emilie Klein; Cecilie Arentz Munch; Anne C Stuart; Johanne Smith‐Nielsen; Mette Væver (2026). Shared Pleasure in Early Mother‐Infant Interactions Predicts Infant Attachment Security: A Brief Report Infancy. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.70066
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