Attachment in early life course
6 important questions on Attachment in early life course
Legacy of attachment security across childhood
When was association between insecurity and externalizing symptomatology stronger
- children's sex also an important moderation
stronger association for boys
- socioeconomic did not moderate
- early insecurity places boys and children from clinical populations at heightened risk for externalizing problems
Developmental signifance of early avoidant, resistant and disorganized attachments
- Early avoidant, resistant, and disorganized attachments negatively associated with peer competence
- Each pattern of insecurity associated comparably with less peer competence
- Avoidance associated with externalizing and internalizing problems
- Resistance not associated with either symptom domain -
Significance of disorganization restricted to externalizing domain
- Association between insecurity and negative temperament primarily due to resistant attachment
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What are the limits in assessing infant attachment
Limited by reliance on a few scales that weren’t designed with psychometric modeling in mind or to capture all relevant aspects of attachment behavior - All studies on attachment and internalizing symptomatology used parent and teacher reports of symptoms -> difficult to report on such symptoms - Most studies haven’t used measures sensitive to changes such as developmental changes in peer relationships.
What are other mechanisms proposed to explain associations between attachment and later outcomes
- Emotional reactivity and regulation
- Continuity in caregiving
- Neurobiological systems involved in regulating stress
What did the meta analyses provides looking at the claims of attachment theory
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