Attachment

What were the aims?

To investigate the age of att. formation and who att. are formed with.

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What was the method?

Mothers of 60 Glasgow babies reported monthly on separation anxiety

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What were the findings?

Most babies showed att. to a primary caregiver by 32 weeks and multiple attachments followed shortly after.

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Good external validity- Observations were in pps natural environments

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Longitudinal design- Same pps were observed at each age, eliminatating individual differences as a confound

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Limited sample characteristics- All families were from same area and over 50 yrs ago so may lack generalisability

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Mothers of 60 Glasgow babies reported monthly on separation anxiety

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