Inge Bretherton

14.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
70 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Inge Bretherton is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Inge Bretherton has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Social Psychology, 25 papers in Clinical Psychology and 19 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Inge Bretherton's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (33 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers). Inge Bretherton is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (33 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers). Inge Bretherton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Inge Bretherton's co-authors include Marjorie Beeghly, Everett Waters, Elizabeth Bates, Doreen Ridgeway, Lynn S. Snyder, Penny Munn, Judy Dunn, Jude Cassidy, Timothy F. Page and Carolyn Zahn‐Waxler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Psychologist and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Inge Bretherton

68 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Attachment Theory: Retrospect and Prospect

1985 1.2k citations Inge Bretherton Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development profile →
Growing points of attachment theory and research

1985 959 citations Inge Bretherton, Everett Waters Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development profile →
The origins of attachment theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.

1992 903 citations Inge Bretherton profile →
From First Words to Grammar: Individual Differences and Dissociable Mechanisms

1988 670 citations Inge Bretherton et al. profile →
Talking about internal states: The acquisition of an explicit theory of mind.

1982 667 citations Inge Bretherton et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Inge Bretherton United States	39	5.2k	4.8k	2.5k	1.7k	1.5k	70	9.3k
Ross D. Parke United States	55	5.5k 1.1×	3.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	3.2k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	190	9.1k
W. Andrew Collins United States	53	5.4k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	795 0.3×	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	145	10.0k
Duane Buhrmester United States	32	6.3k 1.2×	5.1k 1.0×	782 0.3×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	42	10.2k
Jennifer M. Jenkins Canada	46	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	770 0.5×	175	7.9k
Judith G. Smetana United States	59	6.2k 1.2×	5.6k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	3.7k 2.2×	846 0.6×	186	11.7k
Ross A. Thompson United States	55	8.9k 1.7×	5.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	3.3k 2.0×	1.1k 0.7×	176	13.8k
Wyndol Furman United States	50	8.2k 1.6×	7.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	112	13.8k
Willard W. Hartup United States	47	5.3k 1.0×	4.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	3.3k 2.0×	550 0.4×	116	9.5k
Sally N. Wall United States	3	5.9k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	573 0.2×	884 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	6	8.9k
Brett Laursen United States	53	6.4k 1.2×	5.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	2.9k 1.8×	977 0.7×	179	10.8k

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Grossmann, Klaus E., Inge Bretherton, Everett Waters, & Karin Grossmann. (2013). Maternal sensitivity: observational studies honoring Mary Ainsworth’s 100^thyear. Attachment & Human Development. 15(5-6). 443–447. 12 indexed citations

Bretherton, Inge. (2010). Parental incarceration: The challenges for attachment researchers. Attachment & Human Development. 12(4). 417–428. 10 indexed citations

Bretherton, Inge, James David Lambert, & Barbara Golby. (2005). Involved fathers of preschool children as seen by themselves and their wives: Accounts of attachment, socialization, and companionship. Attachment & Human Development. 7(3). 229–251. 77 indexed citations

Bretherton, Inge & Timothy F. Page. (2004). Shared or conflicting working models? Relationships in postdivorce families seen through the eyes of mothers and their preschool children. Development and Psychopathology. 16(3). 551–75. 22 indexed citations

Miljkovitch, Raphaële, Blaise Pierrehumbert, Inge Bretherton, & Olivier Halfon. (2004). Associations between parental and child attachment representations. Attachment & Human Development. 6(3). 305–325. 74 indexed citations

Page, Timothy F. & Inge Bretherton. (2001). Mother and fatherchild attachment themes in the story completions of pre-schoolers from post-divorce families: do they predict relationships with peers and teachers?. Attachment & Human Development. 3(1). 1–29. 81 indexed citations

Bretherton, Inge. (2000). Emotional availability: an attachment perspective. Attachment & Human Development. 2(2). 233–241. 59 indexed citations

Biringen, Zeynep, et al.. (2000). Maternal representation of the self as parent: connections with maternal sensitivity and maternal structuring. Attachment & Human Development. 2(2). 218–232. 69 indexed citations

Bretherton, Inge & Mary Main. (2000). Mary Dinsmore Salter Ainsworth (1913–1999): Obituary.. American Psychologist. 55(10). 1148–1149. 2 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1999). Updating the ‘internal working model’ construct: Some reflections. Attachment & Human Development. 1(3). 343–357. 52 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1997). Bowlby's Legacy to Developmental Psychology. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 28(1). 33–43. 37 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1995). A Communication Perspective on Attachment Relationships and Internal Working Models. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 60(2/3). 310–310. 15 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1995). A COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE ON ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERNAL WORKING MODELS. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 60(2-3). 310–329. 53 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge, et al.. (1990). Family relationships as represented in a story-completion task at thirty-seven and fifty-four months of age. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 1990(48). 85–105. 59 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge, Janet J. Fritz, Carolyn Zahn‐Waxler, & Doreen Ridgeway. (1986). Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective. Child Development. 57(3). 529–529. 280 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge & Everett Waters. (1985). Growing points of attachment theory and research. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 50. 959 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bretherton, Inge. (1985). Attachment Theory: Retrospect and Prospect. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 50(1/2). 3–3. 1179 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bretherton, Inge. (1984). Social Referencing and the Interfacing of Minds: A Commentary on the Views of Feinman and Campos.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 30(4). 8 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1984). Symbolic play : the development of social understanding. Academic Press eBooks. 205 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Inge. (1978). Making Friends with One-Year-Olds: An Experimental Study of Infant-Stranger Interaction.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 17 indexed citations

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