Fourty-nine 12 months old children and their mothers were videotaped in Ainsworth's
Strange Situation. Fourty-six of them were videotaped again in the same situation at
18 months with their fathers. Quality of attachment was determined by using
Ainsworth's criteria. Fewer children had 'secure' relationships to their parents
than in comparable U.S. samples. There was no correlation between infant-mother and
infant-father quality of attachment relationship. The results are discussed in terms
of parental attempts to cope with cultural demands imposed on them. These specific
cultural demands may frequently interfere with the establishment of a securely
attached relationship. On the other hand, they may be only transitory and
appropriate from an adaptation to culture-specific expectancies point of view.
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