Previous Studies
Studies the lab has completed, from its first Strange Situation study, the first in Egypt and the Arab world, to its major online study of the pathway to parenthood.
- Completed · Online study
Developmental Pathways to Parenthood
This was one of the Attachment Lab’s major online studies. The study explored the developmental factors related to one’s childhood and their later impact on becoming a parent.
- Completed · Observational study · Fall 2024 onwards
SSP Twin Study
This study started during the Fall 2024 semester and continued for several semesters. The study aimed to explore attachment patterns in twins between the ages of 12 and 24 months.
- Completed · Observational study
Strange Situation Procedure #2
This study expanded the sample and built on the first SSP pilot study in Egypt. The study explored the validity of the SSP in Egypt, as well as the relations between children’s attachment patterns and maternal control, gender, expression of distress, and more.
- Completed · Observational study
Children’s Attachment Patterns through the Strange Situation Procedure: A Pilot Study
This study was the first to use the Strange Situation Procedure in Egypt and the Arab world. It was also the first study to explore relations between maternal acceptance-rejection, as conceptualised by IPARTheory, and children’s attachment patterns.
Read the paperExploring the cross-cultural validity of attachment theory: A study of Egyptian mother-child dyads using the Strange Situation ProcedureAttachment & Human Development, 2024Read the paperBridging attachment theory and interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory in the strange situation procedure in a low-risk sample in EgyptInfant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025