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Disorganized Attachment and Inhibitory Capacity: Predicting Externalizing Problem Behaviors

Auteurs: Gunilla Bohlin, Lilianne Eninger, Karin Cecilia Brocki, Lisa B. Thorell

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 3/2012

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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether attachment insecurity, focusing on disorganized attachment, and the executive function (EF) component of inhibition, assessed at age 5, were longitudinally related to general externalizing problem behaviors as well as to specific symptoms of ADHD and Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and callous-unemotional (CU) traits. General externalizing problem behaviors were also measured at age 5 to allow for a developmental analysis. Outcome variables were rated by parents and teachers. The sample consisted of 65 children with an oversampling of children with high levels of externalizing behaviors. Attachment was evaluated using a story stem attachment doll play procedure. Inhibition was measured using four different tasks. The results showed that both disorganized attachment and poor inhibition were longitudinally related to all outcome variables. Controlling for initial level of externalizing problem behavior, poor inhibition predicted ADHD symptoms and externalizing problem behaviors, independent of disorganized attachment, whereas for ASD symptoms no predictive relations remained. Disorganized attachment independently predicted CU traits.

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Titel: Disorganized Attachment and Inhibitory Capacity: Predicting Externalizing Problem Behaviors
Auteurs: Gunilla Bohlin
Lilianne Eninger
Karin Cecilia Brocki
Lisa B. Thorell
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 3/2012
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9574-7

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