Infant-Mother Attachment: A Social Psychological Perspective.

Stacey, Barrie

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ERIC Number: EJ236059

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Infant-Mother Attachment: A Social Psychological Perspective.

Stacey, Barrie

Social Behavior and Personality, v8 n1 p33-40 1980

Provides evidence that the significance given to the infant-mother attachment and personality and social development is not warranted. Infants normally develop attachments to more than one person. Their interpersonal world is complex and includes fathers and other caretakers. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Literature Reviews, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality Development, Stranger Reactions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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