Faculty of Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.
Attach Hum Dev. 2013;15(2):189-218. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2013.746257. Epub 2012 Dec 5.
The present meta-analysis integrates results from 127 papers on attachment stability towards mothers and fathers, respectively, from infancy to early adulthood. More than twenty-one thousand attachments (n = 21,072) and 225 time intervals were explored, ranging from half a month to 29 years (348 months). An overall coefficient of r = .39 between times T1 and T2 was obtained, reflecting a medium-sized stability of attachment security. However, no significant stability was found in intervals larger than 15 years. Coefficients are higher for time intervals of less than two years compared to time spans of more than five years, if attachments were assessed beyond infancy using representational rather than behavioral measures and if normal middle class as opposed to at-risk samples were involved. Furthermore, securely attached children at risk were less likely to maintain attachment security whereas insecurely attached children at risk most likely maintained insecurity.
本荟萃分析整合了来自婴儿期到成年早期的 127 篇关于母婴依恋稳定性的研究结果。超过 21000 个依恋（n = 21072）和 225 个时间间隔被探索，时间跨度从半个月到 29 年（348 个月）。在 T1 和 T2 之间获得了 r =.39 的总体系数，反映了依恋安全性的中等稳定性。然而，在超过 15 年的间隔内没有发现显著的稳定性。如果在婴儿期之后使用代表性而非行为测量来评估依恋，如果涉及的是正常中产阶级而不是高危样本，那么与时间跨度超过五年的时间间隔相比，时间间隔小于两年的系数更高。此外，处于风险中的安全依恋儿童不太可能保持依恋安全性，而处于风险中的不安全依恋儿童最有可能保持不安全。
