Infant-Caregiver Attachment and Separation: Single vs. Multiple Caregivers
Description:
This study investigates (1) whether infants cared for by a single caregiver exhibit more attachment behaviors than do infants cared for by multiple caregivers and (2) whether sex differences are found in these behaviors. Twenty-six Black infants, nine to twenty-three months of age, in a day-care center, were observed during one brief low-stress separation from a caregiver. Data were taken using six indices of attachment: maintaining proximity, visual regard, touching, protesting, seeking proxim…
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Date:
December 1975
Creator:
Martin, David Wayne
Partner:
UNT Libraries