Dependent Attachment

B-4 Children in the Strange Situation

Bibliographic Data

ID13670792
AuthorsMarinus H Van Ijzendoorn (0000-0003-1144-454X, Leiden University, corresponding author), Frits A Goossens (0000-0002-6991-0825, Leiden University), Pieter M Kroonenberg (0000-0002-0018-0975, Leiden University), L W C Tavecchio (0000-0001-9184-0547, Leiden University)
Year1985
Volume57
Issue2
Pages439-451
Publication date1985-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1985.57.2.439
OpenAlexW2068399562
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Over the past 15 years the status of the B4 category in Ainsworth's classification system for the Strange Situation has remained unclear, especially as regards the question whether it belongs to the B or the C category. As 22 of a sample of 136 Dutch children were classified as B4, their behavior could be analysed in some detail. This resulted in a characterization of B4-children whom we propose to call ‘dependency attached’. The borderline status or hybrid character of the group was confirmed as the B4-children have ‘many reactions similar to those of C-children but differ from them in showing less resistant behavior

Attachment theory · Character (mathematics · Developmental psychology · Strange situation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Mathematics · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology