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Main, Mary – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
A strong majority of clinically distressed individuals are insecure with respect to attachment, and special vulnerabilities are appearing in disorganized-disoriented children. Relations to behavior genetics, family interaction patterns, psychophysiology, and treatment outcome studies are emerging or are anticipated. Discusses these and other…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
Antonucci, Toni; Levitt, Mary – 1978
This study was designed to compare the inter-/intra-correlational and the behavioral commonalities approaches to the assessment of attachment behaviors of infants to their mothers. At 7 months, 147 infants were observed (and videotaped) sequentially during a free play period with their mothers present, a separation from their mothers and then a…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Followup Studies

Barrett, Paula M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Evaluates a family-based treatment for childhood anxiety. Children (N=79) with separation anxiety, overanxious disorder or social phobia were randomly allocated to three treatment conditions: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), CBT and family management, or a waiting list. Indicated 69.8% of the children no longer fulfilled diagnostic criteria for…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Behavior
Honig, Alice Sterling – 2002
This paper discusses infant attachment, which it defines as a long-lasting emotional bond revealed when a child under stress seeks out and tries to stay close to a specific figure. The paper addresses: (1) What is attachment? Who are the pioneers in attachment theory?; (2) How do we notice attachment in action?; (3) Is attachment the only…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship

Rosenstein, Diana S.; Horowitz, Harvey A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
In relationships among attachment classification, psychopathology, and personality, traits were examined in a group of 60 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Attachment was examined in 27 adolescent-mother pairs. Both adolescent and maternal attachment status were overwhelmingly insecure and were highly concordant. Results support a model of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development

Allen, Joseph P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined long-term sequelae of severe adolescent psychopathology from the perspective of adult attachment theory. Compared 66 upper-middle-class adolescents who were psychiatrically hospitalized at age 14 for problems other than thought or organic disorders, to 76 socio-demographically similar high school students. When reviewed at age 25,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development

Adam, Kenneth S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Adolescents in psychiatric treatment (N=133) participated in a case-comparison study investigating the association of attachment patterns with a history of suicidal behaviors. Attachment patterns were assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview. In accordance with definitions provided in the scoring system, 86% of case and 78% of comparison…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders

Bailey, Becky A. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Discusses seven steps that early childhood teachers and caregivers can take to help toddlers and their parents cope with the separation process. (BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Caregivers
Hewitt, Deborah – 1995
Intended to facilitate communication between parents and child care providers through creative problem solving, this guide explains young children's normal developmental behaviors that frequently cause concern, and identifies factors parents and caregivers can control in the environment that may have an immediate positive response from a child.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Caring for the Little Ones. When Parents Have a Hard Time Separating and They Don't Want to Go Home.
Wenig, Heather – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Discusses two problems related to young children's arrival to and departure from child care centers: parents who have a hard time separating from their children in the morning; and children who cry and do not want to go home at the end of the school day. (AA)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship