TY - JOUR
T1 - The Significance of Insecure and Disorganized Attachment for Children's Internalizing Symptoms
T2 - A Meta-Analytic Study
AU - Groh, Ashley M.
AU - Roisman, Glenn I.
AU - van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
AU - Fearon, R. Pasco
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - This meta-analytic review examines the association between attachment and internalizing symptomatology during childhood, and compares the strength of this association with that for externalizing symptomatology. Based on 42 independent samples (N=4,614), the association between insecurity and internalizing symptoms was small, yet significant (d=0.15, CI 0.06~0.25) and not moderated by assessment age of internalizing problems. Avoidance, but not resistance (d=0.03, CI -0.11~0.17) or disorganization (d=0.08, CI -0.06~0.22), was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (d=0.17, CI 0.03~0.31). Insecurity and disorganization were more strongly associated with externalizing than internalizing symptoms. Discussion focuses on the significance of attachment for the development of internalizing versus externalizing symptomatology.
AB - This meta-analytic review examines the association between attachment and internalizing symptomatology during childhood, and compares the strength of this association with that for externalizing symptomatology. Based on 42 independent samples (N=4,614), the association between insecurity and internalizing symptoms was small, yet significant (d=0.15, CI 0.06~0.25) and not moderated by assessment age of internalizing problems. Avoidance, but not resistance (d=0.03, CI -0.11~0.17) or disorganization (d=0.08, CI -0.06~0.22), was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (d=0.17, CI 0.03~0.31). Insecurity and disorganization were more strongly associated with externalizing than internalizing symptoms. Discussion focuses on the significance of attachment for the development of internalizing versus externalizing symptomatology.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01711.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01711.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22235928
AN - SCOPUS:84858163284
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 83
SP - 591
EP - 610
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 2
ER -