INFLUENCE OF ATTACHMENT AND SEPARATION EXPERIENCE ON SEPARATION DISTRESS AT 18 MONTHS
INFLUENCE OF ATTACHMENT AND SEPARATION EXPERIENCE ON SEPARATION DISTRESS AT 18 MONTHS
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.20.3.477
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
WILLE, DE
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作者:
JACOBSON, JL;WILLE, DE
Distress in response to brief maternal separations was examined in a sample of 93 predominantly home-reared infants using the Ainsworth strange situation paradigm. At 18 mo., the age when separation protest begins to decline, securely attached infants are better able than anxiously attached infants to tolerate brief maternal separations. Separation experience, measured by h per wk in extrafamilial child care, related to separation distress in a curvilinear fashion. Moderate separation experience predicts lower levels of distress, whereas either extensive or minimal experience predicts greater distress. This finding is consistent with the cognitive-developmental hypothesis that moderate experience should be most conducive to the development of an understanding of the circumstances of parental separations. Multiple regression indicates that secure attachment and moderate separation experience both contribute independently to the development of the capacity to cope with separation during the 2nd yr so that the otherwise secure infant who lacks such experience will find it more difficult to tolerate parental separation.