TY - JOUR
T1 - ATTACHMENT AND MOTHER‐INFANT INTERACTION
T2 - SOME RESEARCH IMPASSÉ AND A SUGGESTED CHANGE IN ORIENTATION
AU - Rosenthal, Miriam K.
PY - 1973/9
Y1 - 1973/9
N2 - This paper suggests that a change in the conceptualization of attachment is required in order to avoid certain research impasses. In particular, problems arising from work on the “stability” of attachment and on the relationship between its various “indices” are discussed. Attachment should be viewed as patterns of interaction between two human beings and not as a “thing” which results from such interactions. It is suggested that regarding it as certain characteristics of person‐child interaction rather than as a “summary‐construct” attributed to a child, may lead to more meaningful investigation of the psychological processes involved in attachment.
AB - This paper suggests that a change in the conceptualization of attachment is required in order to avoid certain research impasses. In particular, problems arising from work on the “stability” of attachment and on the relationship between its various “indices” are discussed. Attachment should be viewed as patterns of interaction between two human beings and not as a “thing” which results from such interactions. It is suggested that regarding it as certain characteristics of person‐child interaction rather than as a “summary‐construct” attributed to a child, may lead to more meaningful investigation of the psychological processes involved in attachment.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1973.tb01187.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1973.tb01187.x
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C2 - 4750853
AN - SCOPUS:0015881590
SN - 0021-9630
VL - 14
SP - 201
EP - 207
JO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
JF - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
IS - 3
ER -