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Discriminant Validity of the Adult Attachment Interview.
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Crowell, Judith A.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined discriminant validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) vis-a-vis intelligence, social desirability, discourse style, and general social adjustment. Subjects were 53 native-English-speaking, married women with preschool children. Found modest but significant correlations between IQ scores and social adjustment. Found no relation…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Intelligence Quotient, Mothers, Social Adjustment
Assessing Attachment Security With the Attachment Q Sort: Meta-Analytic Evidence for the Validity of the Observer AQS
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van I Jzendoorn,Marinus H.; Vereijken, Carolus M.J.L.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Riksen-Walraven, Marianne J. – Child Development, 2004
The reliability and validity of the Attachment Q Sort (AQS; Waters & Deane, 1985) was tested in a series of meta-analyses on 139 studies with 13,835 children. The observer AQS security score showed convergent validity with Strange Situation procedure (SSP) security (r=31) and excellent predictive validity with sensitivity measures (r=39). Its…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Predictive Validity, Attachment Behavior, Test Validity
The Effects of Infant Child Care on Infant-Mother Attachment Security: Results of the NICHD [National Institute of Child Health and Human Development] Study of Early Child Care.
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NICHD Early Child Care Research Network – Child Development, 1997
Examined validity of Strange Situation attachment classifications for infants with and without extensive child-care experience and the association of early child-care experience with attachment security. Found that infants were less likely to be secure when low maternal sensitivity was combined with poor quality child care, more than minimal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Effects, Infant Behavior
Separation Anxiety in Parents of Adolescents: Theoretical Significance and Scale Development.
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Hock, Ellen; Eberly, Mary; Bartle-Haring, Suzanne; Ellwanger, Pamela; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2001
Developed and validated Parents of Adolescents Separation Anxiety Scale with parents of sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders, and college freshmen and seniors. Factor analyses supported two subscales: Anxiety about Adolescent Distancing (AAD) and Comfort with Secure Base Role (CSBR); both showed distinctive change patterns with child age.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior
Quality of Toddler-Mother Attachment in Children with Down Syndrome: Limits to Interpretation of Strange Situation Behavior.
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Vaughn, Brian E.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Three samples of 24- to 54-month-old children with Down's syndrome were assessed using the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure (ASSP) of attachment security and scored according to traditional protocols. Found that developmentally younger subjects were more difficult to classify using the standard scoring rules and that the ASSP may be measuring…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Downs Syndrome
Social Networks, Quality of Child Rearing, and Child Development.
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Crittenden, Patricia M. – Child Development, 1985
Three hypotheses were investigated among 121 maltreating and adequate mother/child dyads: that (1) there would be qualitative differences in the supportiveness of mothers' networks; (2) differences would be related to differences in child attachment to mother; and (3) differences in mothers' approaches to relationships might have influenced their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Rearing