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Cassibba, Rosalinda; Coppola, Gabrielle; Sette, Giovanna; Curci, Antonietta; Costantini, Alessandro – Developmental Psychology, 2017
One of the most striking pieces of evidence in attachment research is that attachment security is transmitted from 1 generation to the next. Although there has been an enormous advance in the understanding of this process, this area of research suffers from some significant gaps, as for example the transmission across 3 generations when…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Adults, Parents, Grandparents
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Benoit, Diane; Parker, Kevin C. H. – Child Development, 1994
The stability of adult attachment and transmission of attachment across 3 generations were examined in a longitudinal study of 96 infants, their mothers, and maternal grandmothers. The study found that mothers' Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications were stable over 12 months in 90% of mothers and 73% of grandmothers, using the AAI's…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Grandparents, Infants