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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Examining Ecological Constraints on the Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment Via Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
Child Development, Volume 89, No. 6, Year 2018
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Parents’ attachment representations and child–parent attachment have been shown to be associated, but these associations vary across populations (Verhage et al., 2016). The current study examined whether ecological factors may explain variability in the strength of intergenerational transmission of attachment, using individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. Analyses on 4,396 parent–child dyads (58 studies, child age 11–96 months) revealed a combined effect size of r =.29. IPD meta-analyses revealed that effect sizes for the transmission of autonomous-secure representations to secure attachments were weaker under risk conditions and weaker in adolescent parent–child dyads, whereas transmission was stronger for older children. Findings support the ecological constraints hypothesis on attachment transmission. Implications for attachment theory and the use of IPD meta-analysis are discussed. © 2018 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pasco Fearon, Richard M.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Schuengel, Carlo
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Madigan, Sheri L.
Canada, Calgary
University of Calgary
Roisman, Glenn I.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Behrens, Kazuko Y.
United States, Albany
Suny Polytechnic Institute
Bailey, Heidi Neufeld
Unknown Affiliation
Bernier, Annie
Unknown Affiliation
Cassibba, Rosalinda
Unknown Affiliation
Cassidy, Jude
Unknown Affiliation
Cyr, Chantal
Unknown Affiliation
Dozier, Mary
Unknown Affiliation
Hazen, Nancy L.
Unknown Affiliation
Sagi-Schwartz, Avi
Unknown Affiliation
Steele, Howard
Unknown Affiliation
Steele, Miriam
Unknown Affiliation
Tarabulsy, George M.
Unknown Affiliation
Væver, Mette Skovgaard
Unknown Affiliation
Jacobvitz, Deborah B.
Unknown Affiliation
Juffer, Femmie
Unknown Affiliation
Murray, Lynne
Unknown Affiliation
Simonelli, Alessandra
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 53
Authors: 23
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/cdev.13085
ISSN:
00093920
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Approach
Systematic review