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Early childhood attachment stability and change: a meta-analysis.
- Source :
- Attachment & Human Development; Dec 2021, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p897-930, 34p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Examining degrees of stability in attachment throughout early childhood is important for understanding developmental pathways and for informing intervention. Updating and building upon all prior meta-analyses, this study aimed to determine levels of stability in all forms of attachment classifications across early childhood. Attachment stability was assessed between three developmental epochs within early childhood: infancy, toddlerhood, and preschool/early school. To ensure data homogeneity, only studies that assessed attachment with methods based on the strange situation procedure were included. Results indicate moderate levels of stability at both the four-way (secure, avoidant, resistant, and disorganised; κ = 0.23) and secure/insecure (r = 0.28) levels of assessment. Meta-regression analysis indicated security to be the most stable attachment organisation. This study also found evidence for publication bias, highlighting a preference for the publication of significant findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
PUBLICATION bias
CINAHL database
STATISTICAL reliability
META-analysis
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
SYSTEMATIC reviews
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
REGRESSION analysis
ATTACHMENT behavior
QUALITY assurance
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MEDLINE
DATA analysis software
CONTROL (Psychology)
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14616734
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Attachment & Human Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153815770
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1800769