Are Insecure-Avoidant Infants with Extensive Day-Care Experience Less Stressed by and More Independent in the Strange Situation?.

Belsky, Jay; Braungart, Julia M.

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ERIC Number: EJ434850

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Publication Date: 1991

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Are Insecure-Avoidant Infants with Extensive Day-Care Experience Less Stressed by and More Independent in the Strange Situation?

Belsky, Jay; Braungart, Julia M.

Child Development, v62 n3 p567-71 Jun 1991

Studied behavior of infants with insecure-avoidant attachments who were reunited with their mothers after having been placed in a strange situation away from the mothers. Infants with extensive nonparental care experience displayed more stressful behavior in reunion episodes than did infants with less nonparental care experience. (GLR)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Infants, Mothers, Security (Psychology), Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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