Inge Bretherton

14.9k citations
70 papers · 9.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 39
Topics
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (33 papers)Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers)Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

Inge Bretherton

68 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Attachment Theory: Retrospect and Prospect1982202619962011198519851992198819822505007501000

Peers

Inge Bretherton
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Clinical Psychology 5.2k
  • Social Psychology 4.8k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.5k
  • Education 1.7k
  • Demography 1.5k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Inge Bretherton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Inge Bretherton

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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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2 10
3 77
4 22
5 74
6 81
7 59
8 69
9 2
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12 15
13 53
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Growing points of attachment theory and researchbreakdown →
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Attachment Theory: Retrospect and Prospectbreakdown →
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Social Referencing and the Interfacing of Minds: A Commentary on the Views of Feinman and Campos.
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Symbolic play : the development of social understanding
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Making Friends with One-Year-Olds: An Experimental Study of Infant-Stranger Interaction.
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About Inge Bretherton

Inge Bretherton is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Demography and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 70 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (33 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (19 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (5.2k citations), Social Psychology (4.8k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.5k citations). Inge Bretherton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Science, American Psychologist and Child Development.

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