| Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation MDS Ainsworth, MC Blehar, E Waters, SN Wall Psychology press, 2015 | 39442 | 2015 |
| Attachments beyond infancy. MS Ainsworth American psychologist 44 (4), 709, 1989 | 8281 | 1989 |
| Attachment, exploration, and separation: Illustrated by the behavior of one-year-olds in a strange situation MD Salter Ainsworth, SM Bell The Life Cycle: Readings in Human Development, 57-71, 1981 | 7739* | 1981 |
| An ethological approach to personality development. MS Ainsworth, J Bowlby American psychologist 46 (4), 333, 1991 | 4545 | 1991 |
| Infancy in Uganda: infant care and the growth of love MDS Ainsworth Johns Hopkins University Press, 1967 | 4530 | 1967 |
| Object relations, dependency, and attachment: A theoretical review of the infant-mother relationship MDS Ainsworth Child development, 969-1025, 1969 | 3928 | 1969 |
| Infant–mother attachment. MS Ainsworth American psychologist 34 (10), 932, 1979 | 3907 | 1979 |
| Infant–Mother Attachment and Social Development:‘Socialisation'as a Product of Reciprocal Responsiveness to Signals MDS Ainsworth, SM Bell, DJ Stayton Becoming a person, 30-55, 2013 | 3155 | 2013 |
| The development of infant-mother attachment MDS Ainsworth In Thebeginning: Readings on Infancy, 133-143, 1982 | 3136 | 1982 |
| A method of linking multivariate community structure to environmental variables KR Clarke, M Ainsworth Marine Ecology-Progress Series 92, 205-205, 1993 | 2883 | 1993 |
| Maternal Care and Mental Health: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the World Health Organization as a Contribution to the United Nations Programme for the Welfare of Homeless Children J Bowlby World Health Organization, 1952 | 2384 | 1952 |
| Individual Differences in Strange-Situational Behaviour of One-Year-Olds. MDS Ainsworth HR Schaffer (Ed)., 1969 | 2326 | 1969 |
| Infant crying and maternal responsiveness SM Bell, MDS Ainsworth Child development, 1171-1190, 1972 | 2122 | 1972 |
| Attachments and other affectional bonds across the life cycle MDS Ainsworth Attachment across the life cycle, 41-59, 2006 | 1980 | 2006 |
| Attachment: Retrospect and prospect MDS Ainsworth The place of attachment in human behavior/Basic, 1982 | 1812 | 1982 |
| Attachments across the life span. MD Ainsworth Bulletin of the New York Academy of medicine 61 (9), 792, 1985 | 1442 | 1985 |
| 14 child maltreatment and attachment theory PM Crittenden, MD Ainsworth Child maltreatment: Theory and research on the causes and consequences of …, 1989 | 1221 | 1989 |
| Wall. s.(1978) MDS Ainsworth, MC Blehar, E Waters Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation 18, 1978 | 1117 | 1978 |
| The development of infant-mother interaction among the Ganda MD Ainsworth Determinants of infant behavior, 67-112, 1963 | 1102 | 1963 |
| Attachment and dependency: A comparison. MD Ainsworth VH Winston & Sons, 1972 | 1017 | 1972 |
