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ERIC Number: EJ611904
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
The Stability of Attachment Security from Infancy to Adolescence and Early Adulthood: General Discussion.
Waters, Everett; Weinfield, Nancy S.; Hamilton, Claire E.
Child Development, v71 n3 p703-06 May-Jun 2000
Maintains that the preceding studies extend a long line of research demonstrating the coherence of individual development in attachment security. Notes that the studies clarify that attachment security can be stable from infancy through early adulthood and that changes in security are meaningfully related to changes in the family environment. Suggests directions for further research. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Individual Development, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Reliability, Research Needs, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Security Classifications; Security of Attachment
Note: Discusses three studies, PS 530 943 through 530 945, in this issue.