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Madigan, Sheri; Moran, Greg; Schuengel, Carlo; Pederson, David R.; Otten, Roy – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Attachment theory's original formulation was substantially driven by Bowlby's (1969/1982) quest for a meaningful model of the development of psychopathology. Bowlby posited that aberrant experiences of parenting increase the child's risk of psychopathological outcomes, and that these risks are mediated by the quality of the attachment…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Toddlers, Infants
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Constantino, John N.; Chackes, Laura M.; Wartner, Ulrike G.; Gross, Maggie; Brophy, Susan L.; Vitale, Josie; Heath, Andrew C. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
Insecure mental representations of attachment, a nearly invariant feature of cluster B personality disorders, have never previously been studied in twins. We conducted the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) on 33 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) female twins reared together as an initial exploration of causal influences on mental representations of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Females, Twins, Behavior Problems
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Allen, Joseph P.; Porter, Maryfrances; McFarland, Christy; McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin; Marsh, Penny – Child Development, 2007
The relation of attachment security to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning was examined in a community sample of 167 early adolescents. Security of attachment organization, assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, was linked to success in establishing autonomy while maintaining a sense of relatedness both with fathers and with…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Correlation