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Results [Attachment Styles] Ainsworth (1970) identified three main attachment styles, secure (type B), insecure avoidant (type A), and insecure ambivalent/resistant (type C). She concluded that these attachment styles resulted from early interactions with the mother.
Mary Ainsworth’s Strange Situation was developed to examine the attachment between mothers and children in an unknown environment. During the original experiment, children between the ages of 12 and 18 months from a sample of 100 typical American families were observed.
Based on the responses the researchers observed, Ainsworth described three major styles of attachment: secure attachment, ambivalent-insecure attachment, and avoidant-insecure attachment. Later, researchers Main and Solomon (1986) added a fourth attachment style called disorganized-insecure attachment based on their own research.
Based on these observations, Ainsworth concluded that there were three major styles of attachment: secure attachment, ambivalent-insecure attachment, and avoidant-insecure attachment. Researchers Main and Solomon added a fourth attachment style known as disorganized-insecure attachment.
Ainsworth elaborated on Bowlby's research on attachment and developed an approach to observing a child's attachment to a caregiver. Based on her research, she identified three major styles of attachment that children have to their parents or caregivers.
Ainsworth distinguished three attachment styles: Secure – the child displays distress when separated from the mother, but is easily soothed and returns their positive attitude quickly when reunited with them.
Mary Ainsworth identified four patterns of attachment: secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant, and disorganized/disoriented. Secure attachment is characterized by a child who is comfortable exploring their environment and seeks comfort from their caregiver when needed.
In 1965, Ainsworth designed the Strange Situation Procedure as a way of assessing individual differences in attachment behaviour by evoking individual's reaction when encountering stress. The Strange Situation Procedure is divided into eight episodes, lasting for three minutes each. [ 14 ]
Attachment theory is the joint work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991 ). Drawing on concepts from ethology, cybernetics, information processing, developmental psychology, and psychoanalysts, John Bowlby formulated the basic tenets of the theory.
Mary Salter Ainsworth (born December 1, 1913, Glendale, Ohio, United States—died March 21, 1999, Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American Canadian developmental psychologist known for her contributions to attachment theory.