… Ainsworth and her students also broke new ground by clari fy ing key attachment concepts
and demon strat ing the value of etho lo gical methods and insights about beha vior. Today, …

Face-to-face interaction between 26 infants and (a) their mothers and (b) a relatively
unfamiliar figure was observed longitudinally between 6 and 15 weeks of age in the home …

… A recent analysis of our longitudinal findings (Blehar, Ainsworth, & Main, Note 1) suggests
that mother-infant interaction relevant to close bodily contact is at least as important a context …

… While Ainsworth's dimensions of maternal behavior have certainly been very influential in
our conceptualizations of early relationships, the empirical support for these domains has not …

… On the basis of extensive home observations, Ainsworth … Ainsworth. In addition to the amount
of observation time that might account for the effect size difference, we consider Ainsworth’s …

… We then give a brief overview of Ainsworth’s Uganda and Baltimore studies—both of which
are impressive to read and generously repay careful study. We then present more recent …

… Ainsworth contributed the concept of the attachment figure as … Although Bowlby and
Ainsworth worked independently of … in Bowlby's case, indirectly in Ainsworth's. In this chapter, I …

Ainsworth in defined attachment security in terms of an infant’s confidence its caregiver’s
availability and responsiveness. This was manifest in the infant’s secure base behavior across …

Attachment theory is extended to pertain to developmental changes in the nature of children’s
attachments to parents and surrogate figures during the years beyond infancy, and to the …

… this, celebrating the 100 th year since Mary Ainsworth’s birth, reflects unusual fondness and
appreciation. For the editors and contributors, and for Mary Ainsworth’s students as well, it is …