Study of 62 infants' attachment in Shanghai and the relationship with other psychological development

[Objective] To identify patterns of infant-mother attachment in Shanghai and their relationship with infants' temperament and cognition development.[Methods] Infant-mother attachment and temperament as well as cognition development of 62 infants aged 12～18 months were assessed respectively with strange situation strategy,Carey's temperament questionnaire and Bayley Scale of infant development-Ⅱ(BSID-Ⅱ).[Results] Among 62 infants,67.8% were secure type(B type),32.2% were insecure type which included 6.4% of anxious avoidant type(A type)and 25.8% of anxious ambivalent type(C type).There was no significant difference of temperament types between the secure infants and insecure infants(P0.05),while there was significant difference of mental development index(MDI)between them(P0.05).[Conclusions] There exists some cultural characters in infant-mother attachment patterns in Shanghai and different attachment can influence children's cognition development.It is necessary to give more investigations and focuses on children's attachment development in China.