Attachment, exploration, and separation: illustrated by the behavior of one-year-olds in a strange situation

Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter; Bell, Silvia M.

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Attachment, exploration, and separation: illustrated by the behavior of one-year-olds in a strange situation

Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter, Bell, Silvia M.·1970·Child Development

DOI 10.2307/1127388

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Mary D. Salter Ainsworth, Silvia M. Bell, Attachment, Exploration, and Separation: Illustrated by the Behavior of One-Year-Olds in a Strange Situation, Child Development, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Mar., 1970), pp. 49-67

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Highly stressed caregivers have a reduced capacity to socially buffer children.
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Authors: Ainsworth, M. D. S., & Bell, S. M.
Affiliations: Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue: Child Development
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 1970-03
Volume: 41
Issue: 1
Pages: 49
ISSN: 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2307/1127388
OpenAlex: W2091863037
Cited by: 1,764
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 62 · 2025: 77 · 2024: 93 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 126 · 2019: 151 · 2018: 104 · 2017: 114 · 2016: 77 · 2015: 88 · 2014: 84 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 56
FWCI: 27.77
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Child Development (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: attachment, exploration, separation, stranger anxiety, one-year-old children, Strange Situation Procedure, infant behavior
MeSH terms: Anxiety, Separation, Crying, Exploratory Behavior, Humans, Infant, Maternal Deprivation, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment

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