Tracy R L, Ainsworth M D
Child Dev. 1981;52(4):1341-3.
Four categories of affectionate behavior were identified in the 23 mothers of Ainsworth's longitudinal sample whose infants were observed in the strange situation at age 12 months. Mothers of babies classified as showing pattern A (anxiously attached and avoidant) in terms of their strange situation behavior were found to emphasize kissing proportionally more than the other mothers, and hugging/cuddling proportionally less. This is congruent with the previous finding that such mothers are averse to close bodily contact. Since mothers of pattern-A babies had also been found to be more rejecting, the findings suggest that rejection does not necessarily imply an absence of affectionate behavior but a different mode of expression.
在安斯沃思纵向研究样本中的23位母亲身上，识别出了四类亲昵行为，这些母亲的婴儿在12个月大时接受了陌生情境观察。就陌生情境行为而言，那些其宝宝被归类为表现出A模式（焦虑依恋且回避型）的母亲，被发现相比其他母亲，她们按比例更多地强调亲吻，而按比例更少地进行拥抱/搂抱。这与之前的研究发现一致，即这类母亲厌恶亲密的身体接触。由于A模式宝宝的母亲也被发现更具排斥性，这些研究结果表明，排斥并不一定意味着缺乏亲昵行为，而是一种不同的表达方式。
