Instability of Infant-Parent Attachment Security.

Belsky, Jay; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ534566

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Publication Date: 1996

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Instability of Infant-Parent Attachment Security.

Belsky, Jay; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v32 n5 p921-24 Sep 1996

Examined the stability of infant-parent attachment security in samples of 90 infant-mother and 120 infant-father dyads who completed the Ainsworth and Wittig Strange Situation procedure at 6- to 7-month intervals. Significant stability was not discerned in attachment security, with rates of stability ranging from 46% to 55%. (MDM)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Security (Psychology), Sex Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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