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Main, Mary; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1985
Discusses individual differences in attachment relationships as they relate to individual differences in mental representation, that is, in the individual's "internal working models" of attachment. Compares individual differences in security of attachment to each parent as assessed in the Ainsworth Strange Situation in infancy to diverse…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Fathers, Infants

Main, Mary – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
A strong majority of clinically distressed individuals are insecure with respect to attachment, and special vulnerabilities are appearing in disorganized-disoriented children. Relations to behavior genetics, family interaction patterns, psychophysiology, and treatment outcome studies are emerging or are anticipated. Discusses these and other…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Response