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Ainsworth's Strange Situation - Coggle Diagram
Ainsworth's Strange Situation
How an infant behaves under conditions of mild stress
Rated on
Willingness to explore
Separation anxiety
Stranger anxiety
Reunion behaviour
106 white, middle-class infants (12-18 months)
AO3
Main and Solomon (1986)
Analysed over 200 videotapes - some infants don’t have a consistent type
Ainsworth et al. (1978)
0.94 agreement between raters
Inter-observer reliability by comparing the ratings made by a panel of experienced judges
Van Ijzendoorn et al. (1999)
Meta-analysis of nearly 80 studies, 15% insecure-disorganised
Main and Weston (1981)
Children behave differently depending on which parent they're with
Cooper et al. (2005)
The Circle of Security Project - teaches caregivers to better understand their infants’ signals of distress
Increase in infants classed as securely attached from 32% to 40%