TY - JOUR
T1 - No reliable gender differences in attachment across the lifespan
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
AU - Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.
PY - 2009/5/25
Y1 - 2009/5/25
N2 - In middle childhood, boys show more avoidant attachments and girls more ambivalent attachments as a prelude to gender differentiation in reproductive strategies. However, we have failed to find systematic and method-independent gender differences in middle or late childhood attachments, nor in adult attachment representations. We conclude that Del Giudice's model rests on a brittle empirical basis.
AB - In middle childhood, boys show more avoidant attachments and girls more ambivalent attachments as a prelude to gender differentiation in reproductive strategies. However, we have failed to find systematic and method-independent gender differences in middle or late childhood attachments, nor in adult attachment representations. We conclude that Del Giudice's model rests on a brittle empirical basis.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X0900003X
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X0900003X
M3 - Comment / Letter to the editor
AN - SCOPUS:65649085633
VL - 32
SP - 22
EP - 23
JO - Behavioral and brain sciences
JF - Behavioral and brain sciences
SN - 0140-525X
IS - 1
ER -