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The Stability of Attachment Security from Infancy to Adolescence and Early Adulthood: General Introduction.
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Waters, Everett; Hamilton, Claire E.; Weinfield, Nancy S. – Child Development, 2000
Highlights three longitudinal studies examining the hypothesis that attachment security during infancy influences individual differences and adult representations of attachment. Notes that attachment security was significantly stable in two studies, with discontinuity in all three studies related to negative life events and circumstances.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Emotional Development, Individual Differences
The Stability of Attachment Security from Infancy to Adolescence and Early Adulthood: General Discussion.
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Waters, Everett; Weinfield, Nancy S.; Hamilton, Claire E. – Child Development, 2000
Maintains that the preceding studies extend a long line of research demonstrating the coherence of individual development in attachment security. Notes that the studies clarify that attachment security can be stable from infancy through early adulthood and that changes in security are meaningfully related to changes in the family environment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Individual Development