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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
Broberg, Anders G.; Wiberg, Charlotta; Gyland, Patrik; Ramsby, Louise; Bohlin, Gunilla; Rydell, Ann-Margret – 1999
Noting that gender may be an important issue when studying relations between attachment and social functioning, four studies explored whether the relationship between children's internal working models of attachment and their general functioning was gender specific. A total of 246 children, ages 5 to 10 years, were given the Separation Anxiety…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Children, Cognitive Development
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Schneider, Barry H.; Atkinson, Leslie; Tardif, Christine – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Used meta-analysis to examine premise that the early child-parent bond is reflected in interpersonal relationships across the life span. Found that overall effect size (ES) for child-mother attachment was small to moderate. ESs were similar in studies using Strange Situation and Q-sort methods. ESs were larger for middle childhood and adolescent…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Attachment Behavior, Children, Comparative Analysis