The Baltimore longitudinal study of attachment. 1963.

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The Baltimore longitudinal study of attachment. 1963.

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This study examined patterns of infant-mother attachment, the responsiveness of the infant and mother to each other, and the infants exploratory behavior. The sample consisted of 26 infants born into white, middle class families in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Beginning the third week after birth, the first 15 participants were studied at 3-week intervals from 3 to 54 weeks with observations lasting 4 hours. In 1966, the remaining 11 participants were studied for 2 hours each at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks, and for 4 hours at 6 weeks and every third week thereafter. The two groups were combined for all analyses, so they cannot be described as separate data waves. Data consist of interviewers' extensive notes taken during the visits and transcripts of open-ended interviews with the mothers. Three different types of measures were used to assess the following: infant and maternal behavior, infant crying and maternal responsiveness, response to commonplace separations, infant compliance with maternal commands, maternal feeding practices, and the balance between exploratory and attachment behavior. In addition to naturalistic home visits and maternal interviews, 23 infants were tested at 1 year in a laboratory "strange situation" which increased mild stress on the infant to examine shifts from exploratory to attachment behavior. The Murray Center has acquired all of the raw data from the study.

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