Developmental cascades from early childhood attachment security to adolescent level of personality functioning among high-risk youth.

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Article in Development and psychopathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Emily T O'GormanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3605-9237

Gregory J MeyerDepartment of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-3838

Funding

Fragile Families and the Transition to AdulthoodR01HD036916 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Kathryn Edin, Jane Waldfogel · 1999 to 2026

$46.3M

ECONOMIC STATUS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CHILD NEGLECTR01HD039135 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI PAXSON, CHRISTINA H · 2000 to 2004

$3.1M

Child Care and Parental Employment in Fragile FamiliesR01HD040421 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE · PI BROOKS-GUNN, JEANNE · 2002 to 2006

$2.8M

NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD036916NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD039135NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD040421

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Abstract

This study examines associations between early childhood attachment security and adolescent personality functioning in a high-risk sample within a developmental psychopathology framework. Data from 2,268 children (1165 male; 1103 female) and caregivers participating in Future of Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS) were used to examine (1) effects of genetic polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) genes and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on attachment security and emotional and behavioral dysregulation in early childhood and (2) longitudinal associations and transactional relationships among attachment security, dysregulation, negative parenting attitudes and behaviors, social competence, and adolescent personality functioning. Results revealed that ACEs predicted attachment security over and above sex or the genetic risk, and gene × environment interactions did not increment prediction. Results of cascade models showed that greater early childhood attachment security predicted higher adolescent level of personality functioning via pathways through intermediary variables. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesChild DevelopmentObject AttachmentPersonalityPersonality DevelopmentAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene-Environment InteractionHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentingReceptors, Dopamine D4Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsDRD4 protein, humanReceptors, Dopamine D4Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSLC6A4 protein, humanadverse childhood experiencesattachmentdevelopmental cascadesgenotypelevel of personality functioning

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PMID38934483

DOI10.1017/S0954579424001044

PMCPMC11671614

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