This meta‐analytic study examined the associations between child‐father attachment in
early childhood and children's externalizing and internalizing behavior problems. Based on …

Highlights•Attachment representations in adulthood take the form of a cognitive
script.•Secure base script knowledge develops based on the quality of early caregiving.•The …

Many studies reported that father involvement is associated with a wide range of
developmental outcomes; however, evidence is weaker when controlling for correlated …

Based on a subsample (N= 673) of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth
Development (SECCYD) cohort, this article reports data from a follow-up assessment at age …

Recent work examining the content and organization of attachment representations
suggests that 1 way in which we represent the attachment relationship is in the form of a …

Attachment theory suggests that early experiences with caregivers are carried forward
across development in the form of mental representations of attachment experiences …

Secure base scripts (SBS) are thought of as the earliest, rudimentary mental representations
of attachment, comprising temporally and causally related events occurring in interactions …

There is growing evidence that “secure-base scripts” are an important part of the cognitive
underpinnings of internal working models of attachment. Recent research in middle class …

A 2004 meta‐analysis reported good validity for the observer attachment Q‐sort (AQS), but
poor validity for the parental self‐report version. Despite this, the self‐report AQS is still …

Attachment research suggests that children with secure attachments are more able to
construct meaningful relationships with peers. Few studies, however, have attempted to map …