Interpersonal and genetic origins of adult attachment styles: a longitudinal study from infancy to early adulthood.

ABSTRACT: One of the assumptions of attachment theory is that individual differences in adult attachment styles emerge from individuals' developmental histories. To examine this assumption empirically, the authors report data from an age 18 follow-up (Booth-LaForce & Roisman, 2012) of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a longitudinal investigation that tracked a cohort of children and their parents from birth to age 15. Analyses indicate that individual differences in adult attachment can be traced to variations in the quality of individuals' caregiving environments, their emerging social competence, and the quality of their best friendship. Analyses also indicate that assessments of temperament and most of the specific genet

SUBMITTER: Fraley RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3885143 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature