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Attachment Categories as Reflections of Multiple Dimensions: Comment on Fraley and Spieker (2003).
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Sroufe, L. Alan – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Ainsworth's system of classifying attachment patterns will not be easily displaced primarily because of difficulties involved in a dimensional approach. Problems include the number of dimensions involved, need to develop reliable scales, and need to describe how behavior changes across age and in the Strange Situation. Only when an alternative…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior