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A Critical Review of Waters, E., Merrick, S., Treboux, D., Crowell, J., & Albersheim, L. (2000). Attachment Security in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Study.
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A Critical Review of Waters, E., Merrick, S., Treboux, D., Crowell, J., & Albersheim, L. (2000). Attachment Security in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Study. Child Development, 71, 684-689. Introduction The development of attachment relationships between children and parents represents one of the most important aspects of human social and emotional development. Depending on the degree or nature of the initial developing relationship, a child's personality and/or social experiences can be affected (Rutter, 1989, 1990) i.e. enhanced or damaged. John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth are two of the most prominent theorists in the field of the attachments. Bowlby's theory of attachment represents the most comprehensive theory of human interaction. Influenced by the theories of both Freud and the ethnologists he formulated the basic tenets of the theory suggesting that a child's subsequent socio-emotional well-being can be affected by disruptions in the patterns of early infant care (Bowlby, 1973, 1980). His observations...
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