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- Title
The importance of shared environment in mother-infant attachment security: a behavioral genetic study.
- Authors
Bokhorst, Caroline L; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J; Fearon, R M Pasco; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H; Fonagy, Peter; Schuengel, Carlo
- Abstract
In a sample of 157 monozygotic and dizygotic twins, genetic and environmental influences on infant attachment and temperament were quantified. Only unique environmental or error components could explain the variance in disorganized versus organized attachment as assessed in the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure. For secure versus nonsecure attachment, 52% of the variance in attachment security was explained by shared environment, and 48% of the variance was explained by unique environmental factors and measurement error. The role of genetic factors in attachment disorganization and attachment security was negligible. Genetic factors explained 77% of the variance in temperamental reactivity, and unique environmental factors and measurement error explained 23%. Differences in temperamental reactivity were not associated with attachment concordance.
- Publication
Child development, 2003, Vol 74, Issue 6, p1769
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00637.x