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Analysis of Trends in Attachment Research in Korean Early Childhood

The purpose of this study was to understand the trend of attachment research in Korean early childhood(age 0-7). For this purpose, 121 research articles(65; thesis papers for a degree, 56; research articles) about attachment for age 0 to 7 published from 2000 to 2009 were selected from RISS. The research papers and articles were analyzed by subjects, the main contents for attachment in topics of research, and attachment assessment tools. The results were: First, the number of research article papers from 2000 to 2009 were equal. Second, the number of research papers for on each age was 50(41.3%) for age 0-3, 58(47.9%) for 3-7, and 13(10.8%) for mixed-ages. The number of research papers on each subject was 71(58.7%) for a mother, 17(14.0%) for mother-teacher, 16(13.2%) for parents, 10(8.3%) for a teacher, 6(5.0%) for a father and 1(0.8%) for parents-teacher. Third, the number of articles on each main content was 56(46.3%) for social/emotional development, 22(18.2%) for the factor of influence in attachment, 13(10.7%) for attachment character or attachment behavior, 6(5.0%) for the attachment for growing programs, 5(4.1%) for cognitive development, 5(4.1%) for comparing the quality of attachment, 2(1.7%) for physical development. Fourth, the number of research papers on each attachment assessment tool was 64(57.1%) for the Attachment Q-sort, 18(16.1%) for the Strange Situation Test, 13(11.6%) for the Attachment Story Completion Task, 9(8.0%) for the Maternal Fetal Attachment, and 8(7.2%) for the Separation Anxiety Test.