Quality of Toddler-Mother Attachment in Children with Down Syndrome: Limits to Interpretation of Strange Situation Behavior.

Vaughn, Brian E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ478213

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Quality of Toddler-Mother Attachment in Children with Down Syndrome: Limits to Interpretation of Strange Situation Behavior.

Vaughn, Brian E.; And Others

Child Development, v65 n1 p95-108 Feb 1994

Three samples of 24- to 54-month-old children with Down's syndrome were assessed using the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure (ASSP) of attachment security and scored according to traditional protocols. Found that developmentally younger subjects were more difficult to classify using the standard scoring rules and that the ASSP may be measuring different aspects of behavior for Down's syndrome children. (MDM)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Downs Syndrome, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Security (Psychology), Test Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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