“…In spire of this, researchers claim that the Strange Situation or other separationreunion procedures are appropriate for assessing attachment in the preschool years, if such procedures are used in conjunction with developmentally appropriate coding schemes (Cicchetti, Curnrnings, Greenberg, & Marvin, 1990;Crittenden, 1992). Two such coding schemes have been developed for assessing attachment in the preschool years (Cassidy & Marvin, 1991, as cited in Greenberg, Speltz, DeKleyen, & Endriga, 1992;Crittenden, 1992).…”