Everett Waters earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota in 1977. He is engaged in a wide range of research on attachment.

• Abstract vii Editors' Introduction ixPART 1: ON THE SHAPING OF ATTACHMENT THEORY AND RESEARCHOn the Shaping of Attachment Theory and Research: An Interview with Mary D. S. Ainsworth (Fall 1994) Mary D. S. Ainsworth and Robert S. MarvinPART 2: THE GENERALITY OF SECURE-BASE BEHAVIOR AND SECURE-BASE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCESIntroduction to PART 2 25The Secure-Base Phenomenon Across Cultures: Children's Behavior, Mothers' Preferences, and Experts' Concepts 27A Quantitative Approach to the Description and Classification of Primary Social Relationships 49Attachments in a Multiple-Caregiver and Multiple-Infant Environment: The Case of the Israeli Kibbutzim 71PART 3: CONCURRENT MATERNAL SUPPORT FOR SECURE-BASE BEHAVIOR Introduction to Part 3 95Maternal Behavior and Infant Security in Old World Monkeys: Conceptual Issues and a Methodological Bridge between Human and Nonhuman Primate Research 97A Categorical Description of Infant-Mother Relationships in the Home and Its Relation to Q-Sort Measures of Infant-Mother Interaction 111Is It Easier to Use a Secure Mother as a Secure Base? Attachment Q-Sort Correlates of the Adult Attachment Interview 133The Role of Parenting Sensitivity, Infant Temperament, and Dyadic Interaction in Attachment Theory and Assessment 146PART 4: LINKING SECURE-BASE PHENOMENA TO ATTACHMENT REPRESENTATION Introduction to Part 4 177Attachment Security, Affect Regulation, and Defensive Responses to Mood Induction 179Narrative Processes and Attachment Representations: Issues of Development and Assessment 197The Prototype Hypothesis and The Origins of Attachment Working Models: Adult Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners 216Appendix A: The Attachment Q-Set (Version 3.0) 234Appendix B: Maternal Behavior Q-Set 247Appendix C: Background and Sorting Instructions for The Attachment Q-Set for Infant Macaques and the Maternal Q-Set for Macaques 255Appendix D: Scoring Key for Q-Sort Criteria and Derived Scales in the Attachment Q-Set and the Attachment Q-Set for Infant Macaques Item Sets 280References 283CommentaryExpanding the Study of the Formation of the Child's Relationships 300A Communication Perspective on Attachment Relationships and Internal Working Models 310 Inge BrethertonContributors 330Statement of Editorial Policy 336