TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment Relationship Quality With Mothers and Fathers and Child Temperament
T2 - An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
AU - Dagan, Or
AU - Schuengel, Carlo
AU - Verhage, Marije L.
AU - Madigan, Sheri
AU - Roisman, Glenn I.
AU - Van IJzendoorn, Marinus
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian
AU - Duschinsky, Robbie
AU - Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham
AU - Bureau, Jean François
AU - Eiden, Rina D.
AU - Volling, Brenda L.
AU - Wong, Maria S.
AU - Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah
AU - Aviezer, Ora
AU - Brown, Geoffrey L.
AU - Reiker, Julie
AU - Mangelsdorf, Sarah
AU - Fearon, R. M.Pasco
AU - Bernard, Kristin
AU - Oosterman, Mirjam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Psychological Association
PY - 2024/2/15
Y1 - 2024/2/15
N2 - A growing body of research suggests that, compared with single parent–child attachment relationships, child developmental outcomes may be better understood by examining the configurations of child–mother and child–father attachment relationships (i.e., attachment networks). Moreover, some studies have demonstrated an above-chance level chance of concordance between the quality of child–mother and child–father attachment relationships, and child temperament has been offered as a plausible explanation for such concordance. To assess whether temperament plays a role in the development of different attachment network configurations, in this preregistered individual participant data meta-analysis we tested the degree to which the temperament dimension of negative emotionality predicts the number of secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant, and disorganized attachment relationships a child has with mother and father. Data included in the linear mixed effects analyses were collected from seven studies sampling 872 children (49% female; 83% White). Negative emotionality significantly predicted the number of secure (d = −0.12) and insecure-resistant (d = 0.11), but not insecure-avoidant (d = 0.04) or disorganized (d = 0.08) attachment relationships. Nonpreregistered exploratory analyses indicated higher negative emotionality in children with insecure-resistant attachment relationships with both parents compared to those with one or none (d = 0.19), suggesting that temperament plays a small yet significant role in child–mother/child–father insecure-resistant attachment relationships concordance. Taken together, results from this study prompt a more in-depth examination of the mechanism underlying the small yet significantly higher chance that children with increased negative emotionality have for developing multiple insecure-resistant attachment relationships.
AB - A growing body of research suggests that, compared with single parent–child attachment relationships, child developmental outcomes may be better understood by examining the configurations of child–mother and child–father attachment relationships (i.e., attachment networks). Moreover, some studies have demonstrated an above-chance level chance of concordance between the quality of child–mother and child–father attachment relationships, and child temperament has been offered as a plausible explanation for such concordance. To assess whether temperament plays a role in the development of different attachment network configurations, in this preregistered individual participant data meta-analysis we tested the degree to which the temperament dimension of negative emotionality predicts the number of secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant, and disorganized attachment relationships a child has with mother and father. Data included in the linear mixed effects analyses were collected from seven studies sampling 872 children (49% female; 83% White). Negative emotionality significantly predicted the number of secure (d = −0.12) and insecure-resistant (d = 0.11), but not insecure-avoidant (d = 0.04) or disorganized (d = 0.08) attachment relationships. Nonpreregistered exploratory analyses indicated higher negative emotionality in children with insecure-resistant attachment relationships with both parents compared to those with one or none (d = 0.19), suggesting that temperament plays a small yet significant role in child–mother/child–father insecure-resistant attachment relationships concordance. Taken together, results from this study prompt a more in-depth examination of the mechanism underlying the small yet significantly higher chance that children with increased negative emotionality have for developing multiple insecure-resistant attachment relationships.
KW - attachment
KW - negative emotionality
KW - network
KW - temperament
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U2 - 10.1037/dev0001677
DO - 10.1037/dev0001677
M3 - Article
C2 - 38358672
AN - SCOPUS:85189292479
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 60
SP - 2144
EP - 2156
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 11
ER -