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Title Infant-mother attachment : the origins and developmental significance of individual differences in strange situation behavior / Michael E. Lamb [and others], with a contribution by James P. Connell
Published Hillsdale, N.J. : LEA, 1985

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Section I: Background; 1. Introduction; Outline of the book; 2. The development of attachment theory; The psychoanalytic era; Maternal deprivation; The rise and fall of secondary drive theory; Attachment theory; The development of attachment bonds; Recapitulation; Ethological attachment theory: An evaluation; 3. Individual differences in attachment; Issues of assessment; The Strange Situation procedure; The scoring system; Training and reliability; Psychometric considerations; Summary
Section II: Interpreting Strange Situation Behavior4. The biological interpretation of Strange Situation behavior; The adaptationist interpretation; Principles of evolutionary biology; The adaptationist interpretation reassessed; Summary; 5. Parent-infant interaction and subsequent Strange Situation behavior; Introduction; The Baltimore longitudinal study; The Minneapolis Study of Disadvantaged Families; The German studies: Bielefeld and Regensburg; The Pennsylvania Infant and Family Development Project; The Bloomington longitudinal study; The Ann Arbor study; The Japanese studies
The Israeli kibbutz studyEffects of child maltreatment; Other relevant research; Conclusion; 6. Temperament, attachment, and Strange Situation behavior; Introduction; Intra-individual consistency in Strange Situation behavior; Parent-report measures of temperament; Direct observational measures of temperament; Conclusion; 7. Integration: The origins and interpretation of Strange Situation behavior; Section III: Stability and Prediction; 8. The temporal stability of attachment classifications; Introduction; Demonstrating temporal stability
Effects of stressful life events and changing family circumstancesShort-term stability and change; Stability estimates with modified classification procedures; Conclusion; 9. Predictive validity of Strange Situation classifications; Introduction; The Minneapolis middle-class sample; The Minneapolis Study of Disadvantaged Families; Exploratory and cognitive competence and problem-solving; Cooperation and compliance; Behavior problems; Sociability with unfamiliar adults; Sociability and social competence with peers; Self recognition; Conclusion; 10. Integration: Stability and prediction
Section IV: Cross National Research11. Cross-cultural studies using the Strange Situation; Introduction; West Germany; Sweden; The Netherlands; Israel; Japan; Conclusion; Section V: Alternative Analytic Approaches; 12. Measuring individual differences in Strange Situation behavior; Introduction; Criteria for successful typological measurement systems; Previous relevant research; New analyses of Strange Situation data sets; Discriminant function analyses; Cluster analyses; Summary
Summary First Published in 1985
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index
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Subject Attachment behavior in children.
Mother and infant.
Individual differences in infants.
Child psychology.
Individuality.
Mother and child.
Attachment behavior.
Infant psychology.
Psychology, Child
Individuality
Mother-Child Relations
Object Attachment
Child Behavior
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Mother and child
Infant psychology
Individuality
Child psychology
Attachment behavior
Attachment behavior in children
Individual differences in infants
Mother and infant
Ouder-kind-relaties.
Gehechtheid.
Form Electronic book
Author Lamb, Michael E., 1953-
ISBN 9781134929184
1134929188
0203781791
9780203781791
9781134929252
1134929250
9781134929320
1134929323