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Received sensitivity: adapting Ainsworth's scale to capture sensitivity in a multiple-caregiver context
Judi Mesman1, Tessa Minter2, Andrei Angnged3
1a Centre for Child and Family Studies , Leiden University , the Netherlands.
Attachment & Human Development
|January 16, 2016
Summary
Infants in collectivist cultures experience care from multiple people. A new "Received Sensitivity" measure captures infant care experiences from all caregivers, offering a fuller picture than single-caregiver assessments.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Studies
- Infant Caregiving
Background:
- Multiple caregiver networks are common in non-Western societies.
- Existing measures of caregiver sensitivity focus on single caregivers.
- This overlooks infants' holistic experience of care.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce the concept of "received sensitivity."
- Adapt Ainsworth's Sensitivity versus Insensitivity scale.
- Assess infant sensitivity from multiple sources.
Main Methods:
- Developed the "Received Sensitivity" scale.
- Adapted Ainsworth's observational scale.
- Illustrated with case studies from the Agta forager community.
Main Results:
- Infants' total sensitive responsiveness is not a simple sum of individual caregiver scores.
- The Received Sensitivity scale captures unique aspects of infant care experiences.
- Demonstrated the added value of the new observational measure.
Conclusions:
- Received Sensitivity offers a more comprehensive understanding of infant care.
- This measure is crucial in cultural contexts with multiple caregivers.
- Highlights the importance of holistic assessment in developmental research.
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