Schaffer and Emerson Key study
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- KEY STUDY: Schaffer & Emmerson
- AIM: Study the development of attachment through...
- Stranger Distress
- Separation Anxiety
- They studied 60 babies and their caregivers in Glasgow
- They visited the families monthly and then when the baby turned 18 months.
- They also interviewed the babies parents.
- RESULTS
- Most babies started showing separation anxiety at 6-8 months
- Stranger anxiety usually followed a month later
- Who were the babies were attached to?
- 65% of babies had their first attachment with their mother
- Only 3% had their first attachment with their fathers
- 30% of babies formed attachment to two people at the same time
- After the first attachments were formed most babies formed multiple attachments with people they saw regularly.
- Most babies started showing separation anxiety at 6-8 months
- AIM: Study the development of attachment through...
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