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Attachment in early childhood

from Part VI - Social and emotional development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2017

Brian Hopkins
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Elena Geangu
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Sally Linkenauger
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
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Ainsworth, M.D.S., & Marvin, R.S. (1995). On the shaping of attachment theory and research: An interview with Mary D.S. Ainsworth. In Vaughn, B.E., Waters, E., Posada, G., & Kondo-Ikemura, K. (Eds.), Caregiving, cultural, and cognitive perspectives on secure-base behavior and working models: New growing points of attachment theory and research, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (pp. 221). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Bowlby, J. (1969/1982). Attachment and loss, Vol. 1. Attachment (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books.Google Scholar
Sroufe, L.A. (2005). Attachment and development: A prospective, longitudinal study from birth to adulthood. Attachment and Human Development, 7, 349367.Google Scholar

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