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Sharon Hays
Publications - 2
Citations - 1659
Sharon Hays is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Socioemotional selectivity theory & Attachment theory. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 1500 citations.
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The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood
Vicki Garvin,Sharon Hays +1 more
TL;DR: Hays as mentioned in this paper argues that women are expected to be nurturing and unselfish in their role as mothers, while they are often competitive and even ruthless at work, reflecting a deep cultural ambivalence about the pursuit of self-interest.
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The fallacious assumptions and unrealistic prescriptions of attachment theory : A comment on parents' socioemotional investment in children
TL;DR: For instance, the Parental Investment in the Child Questionnaire (PIC) as discussed by the authors measures the parents' experience of attachment, rather than the child's experience, and the PIC is a useful measure of parents' socioemotional investment in their children.