TY - JOUR
T1 - The significance of insecure attachment and disorganization in the development of children's externalizing behavior
T2 - A meta-analytic study
AU - Fearon, R. Pasco
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
AU - van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
AU - Lapsley, Anne Marie
AU - Roisman, Glenn I.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - This study addresses the extent to which insecure and disorganized attachments increase risk for externalizing problems using meta-analysis. From 69 samples (N = 5,947), the association between insecurity and externalizing problems was significant, d = 0.31 (95% CI: 0.23, 0.40). Larger effects were found for boys (d = 0.35), clinical samples (d = 0.49), and from observation-based outcome assessments (d = 0.58). Larger effects were found for attachment assessments other than the Strange Situation. Overall, disorganized children appeared at elevated risk (d = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.50), with weaker effects for avoidance (d = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.21) and resistance (d = 0.11, 95% CI:)0.04, 0.26). The results are discussed in terms of the potential significance of attachment for mental health.
AB - This study addresses the extent to which insecure and disorganized attachments increase risk for externalizing problems using meta-analysis. From 69 samples (N = 5,947), the association between insecurity and externalizing problems was significant, d = 0.31 (95% CI: 0.23, 0.40). Larger effects were found for boys (d = 0.35), clinical samples (d = 0.49), and from observation-based outcome assessments (d = 0.58). Larger effects were found for attachment assessments other than the Strange Situation. Overall, disorganized children appeared at elevated risk (d = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.50), with weaker effects for avoidance (d = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.21) and resistance (d = 0.11, 95% CI:)0.04, 0.26). The results are discussed in terms of the potential significance of attachment for mental health.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01405.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01405.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20438450
AN - SCOPUS:77954291232
VL - 81
SP - 435
EP - 456
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 2
ER -