Citation

Grossmann KE, Grossmann K, Huber F, Wartner U. Int. J. Behav. Devel. 1981; 4(2): 157-181.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/016502548100400202

PMID

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Abstract

Fourty-nine 12 months old children and their mothers were videotaped in Ainsworth's Strange Situation. Fourty-six of them were videotaped again in the same situation at 18 months with their fathers. Quality of attachment was determined by using Ainsworth's criteria. Fewer children had 'secure' relationships to their parents than in comparable U.S. samples. There was no correlation between infant-mother and infant-father quality of attachment relationship. The results are discussed in terms of parental attempts to cope with cultural demands imposed on them. These specific cultural demands may frequently interfere with the establishment of a securely attached relationship. On the other hand, they may be only transitory and appropriate from an adaptation to culture-specific expectancies point of view.

Language: en