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Parent-child Attachment Security

Parent-Child Attachment Security is a psychological construct representing the degree of emotional safety and trust a child experiences in their relationship with a primary caregiver, distinguished by the child’s confidence in the caregiver’s availability and responsiveness during times of distress.

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A secure base: parent-child attachment and healthy human development

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 4.9K citations

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A Parental Bonding Instrument

Gordon Parker, Hilary Tupling, L. B. Brown · British Journal of Medical Psychology · 1979 · 3.8K citations

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Sensitivity and Attachment: A Meta-Analysis on Parental Antecedents of Infant Attachment

Marianne S. de Wolff, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn · Child Development · 1997 · 2.5K citations

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The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model: A model of bidirectional effects in developmental studies

William L. Cook, David A. Kenny · International Journal of Behavioral Development · 2005 · 1.9K citations

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Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions

R. Chris Fraley, Phillip R. Shaver · Review of General Psychology · 2000 · 1.5K citations

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  1. MH
    Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    64 publications · 10.1K citations

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  2. MJ
    Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    40 publications · 4.7K citations

    32

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  3. JB
    Jay Belsky

    University of California, Davis, United States

    39 publications · 5.4K citations

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  4. BE
    Brian E. Vaughn

    Auburn University, United States

    35 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. KA
    Kathryn A. Kerns

    Kent State University, United States

    29 publications · 2.4K citations

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  1. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    42 h-index

    158 publications

    21.2K citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    41 h-index

    109 publications

    14.4K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    36 h-index

    72 publications

    6.2K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    34 h-index

    73 publications

    13K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    32 h-index

    83 publications

    8K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    71 publications

    12.2K citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    30 h-index

    84 publications

    11.1K citations

  8. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    30 h-index

    101 publications

    7.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    175 publications · 37.3K citations

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  2. Attachment & Human Development

    222 publications · 17K citations

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  3. Developmental Psychology

    94 publications · 9.5K citations

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  4. Development and Psychopathology

    86 publications · 10.8K citations

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  5. Infant Mental Health Journal

    IMHJ · 74 publications · 8.2K citations

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