Autism and Attachment: A Meta-Analytic Review

Autor/inn/en	Rutgers, Anna H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina A.
Titel	Autism and Attachment: A Meta-Analytic Review
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45 (2004) 6, S.1123-1134 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.t01-1-00305.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Autism; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Cognitive Development; Meta Analysis; Children; Attachment Behavior; Parents; Effect Size; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Parent Child Relationship; Sample Size; Security (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Autismus; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Kognitive Entwicklung; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Eltern; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit
Abstract	Method: Sixteen studies on attachment in children with autism were reviewed, and ten studies with data on observed attachment security (N = 287) were included in a quantitative meta-analysis. Results: Despite the impairments of children with autism in reciprocal social interaction, the majority of the studies found evidence for attachment behaviours in these children. In four samples using the Strange Situation procedure the average percentage of secure attachments amounted to 53% (n = 72). Meta-analytic results showed that children with autism were significantly less securely attached to their parents than comparison children, and the combined effect size for this difference was moderate (r = 0.24). Children with autism displayed less attachment security than comparisons without autism, but this difference disappeared in samples with children with higher mental development, and in samples in which autism was mixed with less severe symptoms of autistic spectrum disorders. Conclusions: It is concluded that attachment security is compatible with autism, and can be assessed with Strange Situation type of procedures. The co-morbidity of autism and mental retardation appears to be associated with attachment insecurity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10