@article{ref1,
title="The Significance of Insecure Attachment and Disorganization in the Development of Children’s Externalizing Behavior: A Meta‐Analytic Study",
journal="Child development",
year="2010",
author="Fearon, R. Pasco and Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marian J. and van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H. and Lapsley, Anne‐marie and Roisman, Glenn I.",
volume="81",
number="2",
pages="435-456",
abstract="<p>This study addresses the extent to which insecure and disorganized attachments increase risk for externalizing problems using meta‐analysis. From 69 samples (<i>N </i>=<i> </i>5,947), the association between insecurity and externalizing problems was significant, <i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.31 (95% CI: 0.23, 0.40). Larger effects were found for boys (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.35), clinical samples (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.49), and from observation‐based outcome assessments (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.58). Larger effects were found for attachment assessments other than the Strange Situation. Overall, disorganized children appeared at elevated risk (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.34, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.50), with weaker effects for avoidance (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.12, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.21) and resistance (<i>d </i>=<i> </i>0.11, 95% CI: −0.04, 0.26). The results are discussed in terms of the potential significance of attachment for mental health.</p><p />",
language="",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01405.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01405.x"
}