Glasgow Babies Flashcards
Who was the study conducted by and when?
Shaffer and Emerson in 1964
What was the aim of the study?
An investigation into the development of infant attachment (at what age attachments develop emotion).
What type of study was it?
A Longitudinal Study.
Who participated in the study?
60 infants aged 5-23 weeks drawn from a predominantly working class area of Glasgow.
Up to what age were the infants studied?
A year old.
How often were mothers visited?
Every 4 weeks.
What did the mothers report at each visit?
Their infants response to a separation in seven every day situations.
What was the mother asked to describe?
The intensity of any protest on a four-point-scale and who the protest was directed at.
How was stranger anxiety measured?
By assessing the infants response to the interviewer at each visit.
What % of babies showed signs of separation anxiety towards a particular adult between 25-32 weeks of age?
50%.
Who was their attachment usually to?
The caregiver who was most interactive and sensitive to the infants signals and facial expressions.
What happened by 40 weeks old?
80% of babies had a specific attachment, almost 30% had multiple attachments.
What did the findings of the Glasgow Babies study develop?
The Stage Theory of the Development of Attachment.
