Questions:

A) Do the classic attachment studies (such as the one by Lamb cited 
below) specifically exclude formula feeding families as not normal by 
definition? Have they conducted separate studies for formula feeding 
families, for families w/stay at home mothers, stay at home fathers, and 
for families in which no one gets to stay at home?

B) Which behaviors under what circumstances are selected as "attachment 
behavior measures" when observing a normal breastfeeding family?

C) What exactly is meant by "no preference"? In what context?

If anyone on Lactnet, or respected by Lactnetters, has addressed these 
specific questions, I would like to get in contact. I am particularly 
wondering if anyone has done their graduate research specifically 
focusing on the differences in attachment between breastfeeding and 
formula feeding families, with a review of the existing literature.

Arly Helm, MS, IBCLC
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Lamb's landmark longitudinal study* of mother-*infant* and 
father-*infant* *attachment* was begun in 1974 to try to categorize^ the 
unique components of father-*infant* *attachment*. Home observations^ of 
7-, 8-, 12-, and 13-month-old *infant*s _revealed no preference^ for 
either parent on *attachment* behavior measures._

*[*Lamb ME The development of mother-*infant* and father-*infant* 
*attachment*s in the second year of life. /Dev Psychol./ 1977; 13:637-648]*

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