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Mangelsdorf, Sarah C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Compared 34 infants of very low birth weight (VLBW) and 40 full-term infants, using Ainsworth's Strange Situation procedure and Waters' Attachment Q-Set. Found that, at 14 months, VLBW infants were more likely than full-term infants to be insecurely attached when rated using the Q-Set but not when using the Strange Situation. (MDM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Attitude Measures, Birth Weight

Strayer, F. Francis; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Examined utility of the Attachment Q-set (AQS) instrument for cross-cultural comparisons of mother-child interactions. Found that interpretations concerning the structure of attachment and other social domains made on the basis of Q-sort descriptions of middle-class English-speaking U.S. children need not be substantially modified when…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences