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ERIC Number: EJ373935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Categories of Response to Reunion with the Parent at Age 6: Predictable from Infant Attachment Classifications and Stable over a 1-Month Period.
Main, Mary; Cassidy, Jude
Developmental Psychology, v24 n3 p415-26 May 1988
Described is the development of a method for identifying and classifying differing attachment organizations at six years of age. The system is based on an analysis of children's responses to reunion with parents following a one-hour separation. Sixth year attachment classifications to mother were found to be highly predictable from infancy classifications. (RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Classification, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Reliability, Reunions, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reunion Behavior