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A Meta-analysis of Attachment to Parents and Delinquency

To investigate the link between attachment to parents and delinquency, and the potential moderating effects of age and sex, 74 published and unpublished manuscripts (N = 55,537 participants) were subjected to a multilevel meta-analysis. A mean small to moderate effect size was found (r = 0.18). Poor...

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Autores principales: Hoeve, Machteld, Stams, Geert Jan J. M., van der Put, Claudia E., Dubas, Judith Semon, van der Laan, Peter H., Gerris, Jan R. M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22278802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9608-1
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author Hoeve, Machteld
Stams, Geert Jan J. M.
van der Put, Claudia E.
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description To investigate the link between attachment to parents and delinquency, and the potential moderating effects of age and sex, 74 published and unpublished manuscripts (N = 55,537 participants) were subjected to a multilevel meta-analysis. A mean small to moderate effect size was found (r = 0.18). Poor attachment to parents was significantly linked to delinquency in boys and girls. Stronger effect sizes were found for attachment to mothers than attachment to fathers. In addition, stronger effect sizes were found if the child and the parent had the same sex compared to cross-sex pairs of children and parents. Age of the participants moderated the link between attachment and delinquency: larger effect sizes were found in younger than in older participants. It can be concluded that attachment is associated with juvenile delinquency. Attachment could therefore be a target for intervention to reduce or prevent future delinquent behavior in juveniles.
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spelling pubmed-33750782012-06-18 A Meta-analysis of Attachment to Parents and Delinquency Hoeve, Machteld Stams, Geert Jan J. M. van der Put, Claudia E. Dubas, Judith Semon van der Laan, Peter H. Gerris, Jan R. M. J Abnorm Child Psychol Article To investigate the link between attachment to parents and delinquency, and the potential moderating effects of age and sex, 74 published and unpublished manuscripts (N = 55,537 participants) were subjected to a multilevel meta-analysis. A mean small to moderate effect size was found (r = 0.18). Poor attachment to parents was significantly linked to delinquency in boys and girls. Stronger effect sizes were found for attachment to mothers than attachment to fathers. In addition, stronger effect sizes were found if the child and the parent had the same sex compared to cross-sex pairs of children and parents. Age of the participants moderated the link between attachment and delinquency: larger effect sizes were found in younger than in older participants. It can be concluded that attachment is associated with juvenile delinquency. Attachment could therefore be a target for intervention to reduce or prevent future delinquent behavior in juveniles. Springer US 2012-01-27 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3375078/ /pubmed/22278802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9608-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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