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ERIC Number: EJ551008
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Theory Testing, Effect-Size Evaluation, and Differential Susceptibility to Rearing Influence: The Case of Mothering and Attachment.
Belsky, Jay
Child Development, v68 n4 p598-600 Aug 1997
Maintains that it is important to distinguish theory testing from effect-size evaluation when considering the impact of mothering on attachment security. Contends that it is possible that the De Wolff and van IJzendoorn meta-analysis both over- and underestimates mothering effects, as would be the case if infants varied in their susceptibility to rearing influences. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Effect Size, Infants, Meta Analysis, Models, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Maternal Sensitivity; Security of Attachment
Note: Comments on article by De Wolff and van IJzendoorn (PS 526 986) in this issue.