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An individual participant data meta-analysis was conducted to test pre-registered
hypotheses about how the configuration of attachment relationships to mothers
and fathers predicts children's language competence. Data from seven studies
(published between 1985 and 2014) including 719 children (Mage: 19.84months;
51% female; 87% White) were included in the linear mixed effects analyses. Mean
language competence scores exceeded the population average across children
with different attachment configurations. Children with two secure attachment
relationships had higher language competence scores compared to those with
one or no secure attachment relationships (d=.26). Children with two organized
attachment relationships had higher language competence scores compared to
those with one organized attachment relationship (d=.23), and this difference
was observed in older versus younger children in exploratory analyses. Mother–
child and father–child attachment quality did not differentially predict language
competence, supporting the comparable importance of attachment to both parents
in predicting developmental outcomes.
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Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M. L., Oosterman, M., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Bernard, K., Duschinsky, R., Fearon, R. M. P., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., Bureau, J.-F., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Aviezer, O., Eiden, R. D., Wong, M. S., Brown, G. L., Soares, I., Martins, C., & Steele, H. (2024). Configurations of mother–child and father–child attachment relationships as predictors of child language competence: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Child Development, 95(1), 50–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13998
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd