The usual procedure consists of 6 illustrations accompanied by a short verbal explanation; three represent short separations and the other three longer separations. After the introduction of each story, the child is asked to describe how he feels about the situations and what he would do. The evaluation of the test, which is categorical (Kaplan, 1987), is based on the child's answers. Children are classified as “resourceful” (B), “inactive” (A), “ambivalent” (C) or “fearful” (D). Correspondence with attachment classifications was 68% for the four