TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment between infants and mothers in China
T2 - Strange situation procedure findings to date and a new sample
AU - Archer, Marc
AU - Steele, Miriam
AU - Lan, Jijun
AU - Jin, Xiaochun
AU - Herreros, Francisca
AU - Steele, Howard
N1 - Copyright © 2023 by International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - The first distribution of Chinese infant-mother (n = 61) attachment classifications categorised by trained and reliability-tested coders is reported with statistical comparisons to US norms and previous Chinese distributions. Three-way distribution was 15% insecure-avoidant, 62% secure, 13% insecure-resistant, and 4-way distribution was 13% insecure-avoidant, 58% secure, 16% insecure-resistant,13% disorganised. These findings support the hypotheses that: (1) consistent with global norms the majority of infants will show secure attachments to mother; (2) insecure-resistant attachments will be greater than insecure-avoidant attachments in this interdependent cultural setting; and (3) disorganised attachments will be comparable to Western norms. Pooled samples from previously reported Chinese samples demonstrate deviations from US norms on all categories including relatively low proportions of avoidant and disorganised classifications, especially among samples from the South. Culture-specific childrearing practices and the role of training and reliability-testing for coders are suggested as possible contributors to these differences.
AB - The first distribution of Chinese infant-mother (n = 61) attachment classifications categorised by trained and reliability-tested coders is reported with statistical comparisons to US norms and previous Chinese distributions. Three-way distribution was 15% insecure-avoidant, 62% secure, 13% insecure-resistant, and 4-way distribution was 13% insecure-avoidant, 58% secure, 16% insecure-resistant,13% disorganised. These findings support the hypotheses that: (1) consistent with global norms the majority of infants will show secure attachments to mother; (2) insecure-resistant attachments will be greater than insecure-avoidant attachments in this interdependent cultural setting; and (3) disorganised attachments will be comparable to Western norms. Pooled samples from previously reported Chinese samples demonstrate deviations from US norms on all categories including relatively low proportions of avoidant and disorganised classifications, especially among samples from the South. Culture-specific childrearing practices and the role of training and reliability-testing for coders are suggested as possible contributors to these differences.
KW - avoidant
KW - China
KW - Chinese children
KW - disorganised
KW - Infant-mother attachment
KW - resistant
KW - secure
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U2 - 10.1177/0165025415575765
DO - 10.1177/0165025415575765
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946724976
SN - 0165-0254
VL - 39
SP - 485
EP - 491
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development
IS - 6
ER -