TY - JOUR A1 - Rauh, Hellgard A1 - Calvet-Kruppa, C. T1 - Does secure attachment promote development in children with Down syndrome? : Ist Bindungssicherheit entwicklungsfördernd für Kinder mit Down-Syndrom? N2 - The assessment and the significance of attachment in young children with Down-syndrome (DS) is scientifically controversial. Data from 16 young children with attachment classification at the mental age of 13-15 months (about 24 months chronological age) indicate meaningful relations between quality of attachment and behavior in Bayley test situations (IBR) during the first 5 years of life. Not until late in the preschool years was language and social- cognitive development of the securely attached children measurably advanced relative to that of insecurely attached children. It appears that quality of attachment is reflected first in children's social-emotional behavior and only later in developmental achievements Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403.13.4.201 ER -