Abstract
This article reports Attachment Q-set data and Strange Situation classifications of 58 1-year-old middle-class infants. Security, dependency, and sociability were scored from Q-sort reports of home observations. The primary analyses involve comparisons between securely attached infants (Group B) and anxiously attached infants (Groups A and C combined). Additional analyses compare anxious-resistant with anxious-avoidant infants. Secure classification in the Strange Situation was associated with quality of secure-base behavior at home (i.e., higher Q-sort security scores) and with sociability, but not with dependency scores. Descriptive analyses of individual Q-set items support the secure-base interpretation of Strange Situation security classifications. Relations between home security scores and interactive behavior scores from the Strange Situation were also examined by multiple regression analysis.
Pub Type(s)
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment behavior at home and in the laboratory: Q-sort observations and strange situation classifications of one-year-olds.
AU - Vaughn,B E,
AU - Waters,E,
PY - 1990/12/1/pubmed
PY - 1990/12/1/medline
PY - 1990/12/1/entrez
SP - 1965
EP - 73
JF - Child development
JO - Child Dev
VL - 61
IS - 6
N2 - This article reports Attachment Q-set data and Strange Situation classifications of 58 1-year-old middle-class infants. Security, dependency, and sociability were scored from Q-sort reports of home observations. The primary analyses involve comparisons between securely attached infants (Group B) and anxiously attached infants (Groups A and C combined). Additional analyses compare anxious-resistant with anxious-avoidant infants. Secure classification in the Strange Situation was associated with quality of secure-base behavior at home (i.e., higher Q-sort security scores) and with sociability, but not with dependency scores. Descriptive analyses of individual Q-set items support the secure-base interpretation of Strange Situation security classifications. Relations between home security scores and interactive behavior scores from the Strange Situation were also examined by multiple regression analysis.
SN - 0009-3920
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2083508/Attachment_behavior_at_home_and_in_the_laboratory:_Q_sort_observations_and_strange_situation_classifications_of_one_year_olds_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -