Is It Easier to Use a Secure Mother as a Secure Base? Attachment Q-Sort Correlates of the Adult Attachment Interview.

Posada, German; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ516747

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Publication Date: 1995

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Is It Easier to Use a Secure Mother as a Secure Base? Attachment Q-Sort Correlates of the Adult Attachment Interview.

Posada, German; And Others

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v60 n2-3 p133-45 1995

Used Adult Attachment Interview to examine relationship between mothers' level of security and children's attachment behavior. Found that except for children of preoccupied mothers, children of mothers classified as secure scored higher on the (Attachment Q-Set) AQS-derived security dimension than children whose mothers were classified as insecure (dismissive or unresolved). (HTH)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Security (Psychology), Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Adult Attachment Interview; Attachment Q Set

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