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ERIC Number: EJ678163
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Are Infant Attachment Patterns Continuously or Categorically Distributed? A Taxometric Analysis of Strange Situation Behavior.
Fraley, R. Chris; Spieker, Susan J.
Developmental Psychology, v39 n3 p387-404 May 2003
This study applied Meehl's taxometric techniques for distinguishing latent types from late continua to Strange Situation data on 1,139 fifteen-month-olds from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care. Results indicated that variation in attachment patterns was largely continuous, not categorical. Implications of dimensional models for individual differences for attachment theory and research were explored. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Security (Psychology), Stranger Reactions, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure; Behavioral Variability; Continuum Models; NICHD Study of Early Child Care; Security Classifications; Security of Attachment
Note: Special Section on: "Attachment Security as Categorical vs Dimensional: Exploring the Issues." For commentary and reply, see PS 534 698 through PS 534 702.