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SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2020

The Relation Between Attachment and Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.

Anouk Spruit, Linda Goos, Nikki Weenink, Roos Rodenburg, Helen Niemeyer, Geert Jan Stams, Cristina Colonnesi

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Synthesis in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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86citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
28.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anouk SpruitResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, PO box 15776, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Linda GoosStichting Philadelphia Zorg, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Nikki WeeninkKristal, Centrum voor Verstandelijke Beperking en Psychiatrie, GGZ Rivierduinen, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Roos RodenburgResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, PO box 15776, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Helen NiemeyerClinical-Psychological Intervention, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Geert Jan StamsResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, PO box 15776, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cristina ColonnesiResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, PO box 15776, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.colonnesi@uva.nl.
University of Amsterdam · NLFreie Universität Berlin · DEGGZ Rivierduinen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insecure attachment to primary caregivers is associated with the development of depression symptoms in children and youth. This association has been shown by individual studies testing the relation between attachment and depression and by meta-analyses focusing on broad internalizing problems instead of depression or adult samples only. We therefore meta-analytically examined the associations between attachment security and depression in children and adolescents, using a multilevel approach. In total, 643 effect sizes were extracted from 123 independent samples. A significant moderate overall effect size was found (r = .31), indicating that insecure attachment to primary caregivers is associated with depression. Multivariate analysis of the significant moderators that impacted on the strength of the association between attachment security and depression showed that country of the study, study design, gender, the type of attachment, and the type of instrument to assess attachment uniquely contributed to the explanation of variance. This study suggests that insecure attachment may be a predictor of the development of depression in children and adolescents. When treating depression in children, attachment should therefore be addressed.

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Object AttachmentParent-Child RelationsAdolescentChildDepressionHumansMultilevel AnalysisAdolescentsAttachmentChildrenDepressionMultilevel meta-analysis

Identifiers

PMID31392452
PMCPMC7000490
OpenAlexW2965961966

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