The quality of the toddler’s relationship to mother and to father: Related to conflict behavior and the readiness to establish new relationships
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Mary Main, Donna R. Weston, The Quality of the Toddler's Relationship to Mother and to Father: Related to Conflict Behavior and the Readiness to Establish New Relationships, Child Development, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Sep., 1981), pp. 932-940
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The first study of the Strange Situation Procedure with fathers and mothers showed similar proportions of secure attachment with both parents.
“Indeed, the first study of the Strange Situation Procedure with fathers and mothers showed similar proportions of secure attachment with both parents (Main & Weston, 1981).”
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- Authors
- Main, M., & Weston, D. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- ORCID
- Weston, Donna R.
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1981-09
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 932
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2008072780
- Cited by
- 721
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 37.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- mother-child relationship, father-child relationship, conflict behavior, attachment, parent-child interaction
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