Prospecting the attachment research field: a move to the level of engagement

Schuengel, Carlo; Verhage, Marije L.; Duschinsky, Robbie

doi:10.1080/14616734.2021.1918449

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“…These findings extend previous meta-analytic results that indicate a field-specific small to medium effect size (Schuengel et al, 2021) when examining the association between disorganized attachment to one parent and externalizing behavioral problems (d = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.50; Fearon et al, 2010). Moreover, the findings regarding the null effect of organized/disorganized attachment networks on internalizing behavioral problems are in line with previous meta-analytic results that indicated that disorganized attachment to a single parent was non-significantly associated with internalizing behavioral problems (d = 0.08, 95% CI = −0.06, 0.22, Groh et al, 2012; d = 0.12, 95% CI = −0.02, 0.23, Madigan et al, 2013).…”

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“…Moreover, children who were disorganized with both parents had more externalizing behavioral problems compared with children who were organized with either two parents or a single parent, regardless of which parent. These findings add to growing literature and increased interest in investigating father-child attachment and its role in developmental trajectories, evidenced by a surge in the number of meta-analytic studies on the subject (Deneault et al, 2021 [this issue]; Schuengel et al, 2021), and in two recent special issues on the subject in Attachment & Human Development (Ahnert & Schoppe-Sullivan, 2020;Cowan & Cowan, 2019).…”

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“…Planned comparisons revealed that children who were disorganized with both parents were non‐significantly different on externalizing behavioral problems T scores from children who had one or no disorganized attachments within their network [ t (949) = 1.95, p = 0.05]. However, field specific effect size (Schuengel et al., 2021) was medium, and confidence intervals did not include zero [ d = 0.47, 95% CI = 0.13, 0.82], suggesting that children who were disorganized with both parents had higher externalizing behavioral problems T scores from children who had one or no disorganized attachments within their network. In addition, we found no significant difference in reported behavioral problems between children who were disorganized with one parent and children with no disorganized classifications [ t (964) = −1.47, p = 0.14; d = 0.12, 95% CI = −0.05, 0.28].…”

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“…Planned comparisons revealed that children who were disorganized with both parents were non-significantly different on externalizing behavioral problems T scores from children who had one or no disorganized attachments within their network [t (949) = 1.95, p = 0.05]. However, field specific effect size (Schuengel et al, 2021) was medium, and confidence intervals did not include zero [d = 0.47, 95% CI = 0.13, 0.82], suggesting that children who were disorganized with both parents had higher externalizing behavioral problems T scores from children who had one or no disorganized attachments within their network.…”

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Configurations of mother‐child and father‐child attachment as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems: An individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis

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An unsettled question in attachment theory and research is the extent to which children's attachment patterns with mothers and fathers jointly predict developmental outcomes. In this study, we used individual participant data meta-analysis to assess whether early attachment networks with mothers and fathers are associated with children's internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems. Following a pre-registered protocol, data from 9 studies and 1,097 children (mean age: 28.67 months) with attachment classifications to both mothers and fathers were included in analyses. We used a linear mixed effects analysis to assess differences in children's internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems as assessed via the average of both maternal and paternal reports based on whether children had two, one, or no insecure (or disorganized) attachments. Results indicated that children with an insecure attachment relationship with one or both parents were at higher risk for elevated internalizing behavioral problems compared with children who were securely attached to both parents. Children whose attachment relationships with both parents were classified as disorganized had more externalizing behavioral problems compared to children with either one or no disorganized attachment relationship with their parents. Across attachment classification networks and behavioral problems, findings suggest (a) an increased vulnerability to behavioral problems when children have insecure or disorganized attachment to both parents, and (b) that mother-child and father-child attachment relationships may not differ in the roles they play in children's development of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems.

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Configurations of mother‐child and father‐child attachment as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems: An individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis

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“…When planned comparisons were non-significant, we performed equivalence testing, using the "TOSTER" package (Lakens, 2017) in R, with equivalence bounds set for field-specific small effect sizes (Schuengel et al, 2021;-0.20 < d < 0.20) and alpha of 0.05.…”

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Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment Relationships as Predictors of Child Language Competence: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

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Schuengel

Verhage³

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An individual participant data meta-analysis was used to test pre-registered hypotheses about how the configuration of attachment relationships to mothers and fathers predicts children’s language competence. Data collected from seven studies (published between 1985 and 2014) and 719 children (mean age: 19.84 months; 51.2% female; 86.9% White) were included in the linear mixed effects analyses. Results indicated that children with two secure or organized attachment relationships had higher language competence scores compared to children with one or no secure or organized attachment relationships with their parents (d = 0.26 and d = 0.23, respectively). Furthermore, mother-child and father-child attachment quality did not differentially predict language competence, supporting the equal significance of attachment to both parents in predicting developmental outcomes.

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Attachment security to mothers and fathers: A meta‐analysis on mean‐level differences and correlations of behavioural measures

Pinquart

2022

Infant and Child Development

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The present meta‐analysis tested for differences between security of attachment to mothers and fathers. We also analysed associations between security with mothers and fathers. A systematic search in electronic databases identified 95 studies on behavioural measures of attachment to both parents that were included in random‐effects meta‐analyses. Although security of attachment to fathers was significantly lower than security of attachment to mothers, mean‐level differences were very small (g = −0.07). Differences were smaller if more intact families participated. There was a significant correlation of security with mothers and fathers (r = 0.32) and larger associations were found in studies with the Strange Situation rather than the Attachment Q‐Set, in studies with older children, and in more recent studies. Further research is recommended on factors that explain observed correlations and mean‐level differences.

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Prospecting the attachment research field: a move to the level of engagement

Cited by 24 publications

References 64 publications

Configurations of mother‐child and father‐child attachment as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems: An individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis

Configurations of mother‐child and father‐child attachment as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems: An individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis

Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment Relationships as Predictors of Child Language Competence: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

Attachment security to mothers and fathers: A meta‐analysis on mean‐level differences and correlations of behavioural measures

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