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Theory Testing, Effect‐Size Evaluation, and Differential Susceptibility to Rearing Influence: The Case of Mothering and Attachment
Author(s) -
Belsky Jay
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb04221.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , differential effects , child rearing , attachment theory , social psychology , medicine
It is important to distinguish theory testing from effect‐size evaluation when considering the impact of mothering on attachment security discerned in the De Wolff and van Ijzendoorn meta‐analysis. Moreover, the possibility exists that this analysis both over‐ and underestimates mothering effects, as would be the case if infants vary in their susceptibility to rearing influence.