Development in context
What we need to know to assess children’s attachment relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9796540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wiebke Johanna Schmidt (0000-0003-0995-2772, corresponding author), H Keller (0009-0003-6216-1467), Mariano Rosabal‐coto (0000-0002-8456-9098, Universidad de Costa Rica), Mariano Rosabal Coto |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2206-2219 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0001262 |
| PMID | 34928669 |
| OpenAlex | W4200589951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Attachment studies mostly follow the Western middle-class model in theory and methods. To demonstrate that the assessment of children's caregiving context is an often neglected, but crucial prerequisite for attachment studies, we (a) conducted a literature analysis of attachment research in non-Western contexts and (b) empirically investigated the caregiving arrangements and cultural concepts of attachment figures in three cultural groups in Costa Rica: rural Guanacaste, urban San José, and rural indigenous Bribri. All persons involved in caring for 65 infants (7-20 months) participated in the study, resulting in a total of 179 semistructured interviews. The samples showed differences in caregiving practices, with the urban sample resembling Western middle-class contexts emphasizing the maternal importance; the two rural samples showing extensive caregiving networks; however, differently composed. Moreover, the three samples revealed culturally specific concepts of potential attachment figures. The study emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive conceptual and methodological approaches in attachment research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Attachment theory · Child development · Context (archaeology · Cultural diversity · Developmental psychology · Geography · Indigenous · MEDLINE · Middle class · PsycINFO · Sociology · Anthropology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |