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Raby, K. Lee; Roisman, Glenn I.; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn – Developmental Psychology, 2015
A longstanding question for attachment theory and research is whether genetically based characteristics of the child influence the development of attachment security and its stability over time. This study attempted to replicate and extend recent findings indicating that the developmental stability of attachment security is moderated by oxytocin…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Children, Adolescents, Theories
Fortuna, Keren – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Previous research has revealed only modest concordance in attachment security between siblings during childhood and adolescence. The first goal of this dissertation was to estimate sibling concordance in adult attachment security and identify factors contributing to divergence. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered to young adult…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Young Adults, Children
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Roisman, Glenn I.; Fraley, R. Chris; Belsky, Jay – Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study is the first to examine the latent structure of individual differences reflected in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI; C. George, N. Kaplan, & M. Main, 1985), a commonly used and well-validated measure designed to assess an adult's current state of mind regarding childhood experiences with caregivers. P. E. Meehl's (1995)…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences, Adults