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Germán Posada

Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1969
Attachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsChild Abuse and TraumaMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Publications

70

Citations

1,988

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

57

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
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Germán Posada studies early childhood attachment, focusing on how mothers' and fathers' sensitivity, communication, and caregiving relate to children's sense of security and later social and academic development. His work spans naturalistic observations of parent-child interactions, cross-cultural samples (including Mexico and Peru), and applied issues such as how attachment concepts are used in child custody and protection decisions. This research is relevant to students interested in developmental and family psychology, particularly in the areas of caregiving quality, child social-emotional outcomes, and applied/legal applications of attachment theory.

Parent-child attachment and maternal sensitivitySecure base behavior and script knowledge in early childhoodCross-cultural studies of caregiving (Mexico, Peru, low-income samples)Child social-emotional and academic developmentAttachment concepts in child custody and legal decision-making

Output was highest around 2018-2019 (including a multi-part monograph), dropped notably in 2020-2023, and has picked up somewhat in 2024, though the recent 5-year average remains modest at about 1.4 papers per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 8 publications8182019: 6 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications22232024: 4 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Attachment & Human Development×6
  • Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development×5
  • Journal of Family Psychology×1
  • Frontiers in Psychology×1
  • Early Education and Development×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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