Attachment Relationships among Children with Aggressive Behavior Problems: The Role of Disorganized Early Attachment Patterns

Reviews recent attachment-related studies of early aggression. Longitudinal attachment studies indicate that risk factors identified in cross-sectional studies of aggressive school-age children, such as family adversity, parental hostility, parental depression, and child cognitive deficits, are alre...

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Published inJournal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 64; no. 1; p. 64
Main Author Lyons-Ruth, Karlen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1996
Subjects
Affective Behavior
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Aggressive Behavior Problems
Attachment Behavior
Behavior
Behavior Patterns
Behavior Problems
Caregiver Child Relationship
Child
Child Behavior
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
Children
Dependency (Personality)
Disorganized Early Attachment
Emotional Problems
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relationship
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Object Attachment
Parent Child Relationship
Peer Group
Personality Development
Problem Children
Resistance (Psychology)
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Summary:Reviews recent attachment-related studies of early aggression. Longitudinal attachment studies indicate that risk factors identified in cross-sectional studies of aggressive school-age children, such as family adversity, parental hostility, parental depression, and child cognitive deficits, are already evident in infancy and predictive of later aggression, before the onset of coercive child behavior. These risk factors are associated with other attachment problems. (KW)
ISSN:0022-006X
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.64.1.64