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EJ474787 PS521185

Title: Relationship Duration in Infant Care: Time with a High-Ability Teacher and Infant-Teacher Attachment.
Author(s): Raikes, Helen
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v8 n3 p309-25 Sep 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1994

Assessed the effects of relationship duration on 61 teacher-child dyads. Found that 91% of children who had been with their teacher for more than 1 year had secure attachments, compared to 67% who had been with their teacher for 9-12 months and 50% who had been with their teacher for 5-8 months. (MDM)

Descriptors: *Attachment Behavior; Early Childhood Education; *Preschool Teachers; Security (Psychology); Teacher Effectiveness; *Time Factors (Learning); *Toddlers
Identifiers: Attachment Theory; *Caregiver Child Relationship