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Using Mothers versus Trained Observers in Assessing Children's Secure Base Behavior: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations.
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Teti, Douglas M.; McGourty, Sharon – Child Development, 1996
Examined associations between mothers' and trained observers' Attachment Q-Set (AQS) sorts for preschoolers and assessed mother-observer concordance in relation to observers' confidence about how representative the behavior they witnessed was of the domain of AQS items. Found that mothers' and observers' sorts were significantly intercorrelated;…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Correlation, Experimenter Characteristics
The Effect of Time on Attachment as Measured in a Free-Play Situation
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Brooks, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Measurement, Mothers
Empirical Classification of Infant-Mother Relationships from Interactive Behavior and Crying during Reunion.
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Richters, John E.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Multiple discriminant function analysis was conducted with data from Strange Situations. Results enable researchers to obtain attachment classifications directly from scores on interactive behavior and crying during reunion episodes. (PCB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers
Infant Day-Care, Attachment, and the "File Drawer Problem."
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Roggman, Lori A.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
This study of 105 12-month olds replicated 4 similar studies that showed that infants in day care are at risk for insecure attachment. Failure to reproduce significant results suggests that the research literature on infant day care and attachment may be biased by the unavailability of "file drawer" studies--unpublished data showing no…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Bias, Day Care