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Peer reviewedBatter, Bonnie S.; Davidson, Christine V. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1979
Reviews observational research on infant wariness of strangers. (CM)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Literature Reviews, Observation
Peer reviewedField, Tiffany – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Critically evaluates knowledge about relations between early interaction, the "strange situation," and later social behavior in normal and atypical infants including premature infants, abused or neglected infants, and the infants of depressed mothers. Attributes equivocal relations between early interaction behaviors and later attachment…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedStacey, Barrie – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Provides evidence that the significance given to the infant-mother attachment and personality and social development is not warranted. Infants normally develop attachments to more than one person. Their interpersonal world is complex and includes fathers and other caretakers. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedCaruso, David A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1989
A recent approach to understanding infant behavior and development suggests that attachment, wariness, and exploration function as one interdependent behavioral system. Major theories of attachment are contrasted and recent research relating to the interdependent perspective is evaluated. Implications for practice and public policy are discussed.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Caregivers, Exploratory Behavior
