title: Separation and reunion behaviors as criteria of attachment to mothers and fathers.
abstract: Twenty infants were observed 4 times between 7 and 13 months of age in a short-term longitudinal study. Responses to separations from and reunions with mothers and fathers are reported. None of the measures showed a preference for either parent at any age. Other studies confirm that even young infants are attached to both parents. It is argued that greater attention must be paid to the family's role in social and personality development.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000523:psychology*; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D002666:Psychology, Child