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ERIC Number: EJ426179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Attachment Behavior at Home and in the Laboratory: Q-Sort Observations and Strange Situation Classifications of One-Year-Olds.
Vaughn, Brian E.; Waters, Everett
Child Development, v61 n6 p1965-73 Dec 1990
Infants' home-based Q-sort scores of security, dependency, and sociability were compared to laboratory Strange Situation classifications of secure, anxious-resistant, and anxious-avoidant. Secure classification was associated with Q-sort security and sociability, but not dependency. (BC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Dependency (Personality), Exploratory Behavior, Family Environment, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Competence, Laboratories, Mothers, Naturalistic Observation, Personality Assessment, Q Methodology, Resistance (Psychology), Security (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure; Avoidance Behavior