Williams Sue W, Blunk Elizabeth M
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos 78666-4616, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2003 Feb;92(1):84-8. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.84.
A sex difference in security of infant attachment was found in a sample of 52 infant-mother dyads. The infants were enrolled in early care and education programs within a predominantly small-town geographic area in the southwest. Security of attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation procedure. Male infants (76%) were significantly more likely to be securely attached than female infants (39%). No other variables related to the infants' early care and education experience or mothers' age, race, marital status, and education were significantly associated with infants' attachment status.
