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Measurement of individual differences in adolescent and adult attachment.
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The article was published on 2008-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 716 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Attachment theory.read more
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An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment.
TL;DR: The authors show how IRT techniques can be used to develop new attachment scales with desirable psychometric properties, and indicate that commonly used attachment scales can be improved in a number of important ways.
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Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions
TL;DR: The theory of pair-bond attachment was originally formulated by C. Hazan and P. R. Shaver in 1987 and describes how it has evolved over more than a decade as mentioned in this paper.
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Attachment-related psychodynamics
TL;DR: It is shown that considerable progress has been made in testing central hypotheses derived from attachment theory and in exploring unconscious, psychodynamic processes related to affect-regulation and attachment-system activation.
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The relationship context of human behavior and development.
TL;DR: The authors' thesis is that important advances in psychological knowledge will be achieved from concerted investigation of the relationship context in which most important human behaviors are developed and displayed.
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A secure base from which to explore close relationships.
Everett Waters,E. Mark Cummings +1 more
TL;DR: Views on attachment development, attachment representation, and attachment in family and cross-cultural perspective need to be updated in light of empirical research and advances in developmental theory, behavioral biology, and cognitive psychology.
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A power primer.
TL;DR: A convenient, although not comprehensive, presentation of required sample sizes is providedHere the sample sizes necessary for .80 power to detect effects at these levels are tabled for eight standard statistical tests.
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Construct validity in psychological tests.
Lee J. Cronbach,Paul E. Meehl +1 more
TL;DR: The present interpretation of construct validity is not "official" and deals with some areas where the Committee would probably not be unanimous, but the present writers are solely responsible for this attempt to explain the concept and elaborate its implications.
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Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of repetition of the "strange situation" on infants' behavior at home and in the classroom were discussed, as well as the relationship between infants' behaviour in the situation and their mothers' behaviour at home.