An empirical test of prototype and revisionist models of attachment stability and change from middle childhood to adolescence: A 6‐year longitudinal study

We examined the prototype v. revisionist models of attachment stability with a five‐wave, 6‐year, longitudinal study of attachment security from middle childhood to adolescence in a White Western European sample (N = 157; Wave 1 Mage = 10.91, SD = 0.87; 52% female). Attachment was assessed using bot...

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Published in:Child development 2022-01, Vol.93 (1), p.225-236
Main Authors: Waters, Theodore E. A., Yang, Rui, Finet, Chloë, Verhees, Martine W. F. T., Bosmans, Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Child
Child Development
Childhood
Children
Conflict
Divorce
Female
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Humans
Interpersonal Relationship
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Moderators
Object Attachment
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-Child Relations
Security (Psychology)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Whites
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Summary:We examined the prototype v. revisionist models of attachment stability with a five‐wave, 6‐year, longitudinal study of attachment security from middle childhood to adolescence in a White Western European sample (N = 157; Wave 1 Mage = 10.91, SD = 0.87; 52% female). Attachment was assessed using both questionnaire (Experiences in Close Relationships) and narrative‐based measures (Attachment Script Assessment). In addition, a set of potential moderators of prototype‐like stability were examined. Results indicated that data from both attachment assessments best fit the prototype model. Moderator analyses indicated that male sex significantly undermined the influence of an attachment prototype and parent‐child conflict and parental divorce enhanced the influence of an attachment prototype on stability.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.13672