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  2. Mary Ainsworth - Wikipedia

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    Mary Dinsmore Ainsworth (née Salter; December 1, 1913 – March 21, 1999) [1] was an American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in the development of the attachment theory. She designed the strange situation procedure to observe early emotional attachment between a child and their primary caregiver .

  3. Attachment and health - Wikipedia

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    John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth developed the attachment theory in the 1960s while investigating the effects of maternal separation on infant development. [4] The development of the Strange Situation task in 1965 by Ainsworth and Wittig allowed researchers to systematically investigate the attachment system operating between children and their parents. [5]

  4. Attachment theory - Wikipedia

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    A 2013 study from Utah State suggests an individual can have different attachment styles in relation to different people and that "parents' time away from their child was not a significant predictor of attachment." [252] Attachment theory models are heavily focused on attachment to the mother, not other family members and peers, also noted by ...

  5. Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation

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    Out of the development of attachment theory, British psychiatrist John Bowlby coalesced a coherent theory and is generally credited with creating the foundation for modern attachment theory. [4] Mary Ainsworth, an American-Canadian psychologist, started working with Bowlby in 1950. [4]

  6. History of attachment theory - Wikipedia

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    Mary Ainsworth developed a theory of a number of attachment patterns or "styles" in infants in which distinct characteristics were identified; these were secure attachment, avoidant attachment, anxious attachment and, later, disorganized attachment. In addition to care-seeking by children, peer relationships of all ages, romantic and sexual ...

  7. Strange situation - Wikipedia

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    The strange situation is a procedure devised by Mary Ainsworth in the 1970s to observe attachment in children, that is relationships between a caregiver and child. It applies to children between the age of 9 to 30 months. Broadly speaking, the attachment styles were (1) secure and (2) insecure (ambivalent and avoidance).

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, the co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, echoed that point. “Here’s the problem,” he said. Treatment methods were determined “before anybody really understood the science of addiction. We started off with the wrong model.” For families, the result can be frustrating and an expensive failure.

  9. Attachment in adults - Wikipedia

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    The working models of children found in Bowlby's attachment theory form a pattern of interaction that is likely to continue influencing adult relationships. [2] Investigators have explored the organization and the stability of mental working models that underlie these attachment styles. They have also explored how attachment styles impact ...