How B is B4? Attachment and Security of Dutch Children in Ainsworth's Strange Situation and at Home

Bibliographic Data

ID13660979
AuthorsMarinus H Van Ijzendoorn (0000-0003-1144-454X, Leiden University, corresponding author), L W C Tavecchio (0000-0001-9184-0547, Leiden University), Frits A Goossens (0000-0002-6991-0825, Leiden University), M Vergeer (0009-0002-6800-2005, Leiden University), M M Vergeer (Leiden University), J Swaan (Leiden University)
Year1983
Volume52
Issue3
Pages683-691
Publication date1983-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1983.52.3.683
OpenAlexW1830010216
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

Ainsworth's Strange Situation is a procedure for determining the quality of the attachment between caregivers and young children. This procedure, developed in the United States, has here been applied to a Dutch sample of 66 mother-child pairs. In doing so, the stability, reliability, and validity of the instrument have also been investigated. The instrument was validated by means of a questionnaire for the mothers concerning the feelings of (in-)security their children experience in everyday separations

Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Quality (philosophy · Reliability (semiconductor · Sample (material · Strange situation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology