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Predicting psychopathology in six-year-olds from early social relations

Lewis, Michael, Feiring, Candice, McGuffog, Carolyn, Jaskir, John·1984·Child Development
DOI 10.2307/1129839
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113 children were seen at 1 and 6 years of age in order to examine the relationship between the quality of the early attachment relationship and later psychopathology. On the basis of scores from the Achenbach and Edelbrock Child Behavior Profile, an outcome measure of psychopathology at 6 years, the results indicated different outcomes for male and female children. For males, attachment classification at 1 year was significantly related to later psychopathology; insecurely attached males showed more psychopathology than securely attached males. No relationship between attachment and later psychopathology was observed for females. Even for males, the attachment classification only partly predicted later behavioral problems. Several other factors, including life-stress events and family demographic variables, appeared to influence the development of psychopathology. The findings suggest that although the child's attachment relationship plays an important role in the development of psychopathology, the child is neither made invulnerable by an early secure attachment nor doomed to psychopathology by an insecure attachment.

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  • Attachment was more strongly associated with externalizing behavior problems in samples of boys than in samples of girls (d = 0.35 vs. d = -0.03, respectively).

    “Turning to gender, the results were consistent with our expectations and the findings of some early longitudinal studies (Lewis et al., 1984;Renken et al., 1989), in that attachment was more strongly associated with externalizing behavior problems in samples of boys than in samples of girls (d = 0.35 vs. d = -0.03,respectively).”

    From The Significance of Insecure Attachment and Disorganization in the Development of Children’s Externalizing Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Study (2010) · cites this paper as Lewis et al., 1984

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Authors
Lewis, M., Feiring, C., McGuffog, C., & Jaskir, J.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
ORCID
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1984-02
Volume
55
Issue
1
Pages
123
ISSN
0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/1129839
OpenAlex
W1988529164
Cited by
401
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI
34.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
attachment, insecure attachment, secure attachment, child psychopathology, behavioral problems, sex differences, life events, Child Behavior Checklist, longitudinal prediction
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Relations, Life Change Events, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Personality Development, Social Environment

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