Psychological Development and Education ›› 2002, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 80-84.

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The review of the attachment methods

HOU Jing, CHEN Hui-chang   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 100875
  • Online:2002-07-15 Published:2002-07-15

Abstract: The development and richness of the attachment research are on the basis of the development of its research methods.The present article summarized three most influential attachment research methods corresponding to different age-stages among the attachment research fields: Strange Situation.Attachment Q-set, and Adult Attachment Interview, and made some comments on the advantage and disadvantage of the three attachment research methods as well as their relationships among them.

Key words: Strange Situation, Attachment Q-set, Adult Attachment Interview

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