State Attachment Variability: Between- and within-Person Level Associations with Trait Attachment and Psychological Problems.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that inter-individual differences in the degree of state attachment variability are related to differences in trait attachment and psychological problems between children. In this study, we tested whether such associations are also relevant at a within-person level, and if so, whether intra-individual fluctuations in the degree of variability were predictive of or predicted by intra-individual fluctuations in trait attachment and psychological problems. Children (N = 152; Mage = 10.41 years, SDage = 0.60 at time 1) were tested three times over a period of one year. At each timepoint, children reported on their expectations of maternal support in different distressing situations. Additionally, we administered measures of trait attachment to children and psychological probl

SUBMITTER: Verhees MWFT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8533933 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature