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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 1998 Oct;69(5):1406–1419.

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of Attachment and Outcome Variables

Measures M SD
Attachment measures:
 Security   .23   .38
 Preoccupation   .04   .21
 Dismissal of attachment   .11   .41
Psychosocial functioning:
 Social acceptance (peer report)  3.04   .65
 Internalizing behaviors (self-reported) 13.72  9.34
 Externalizing behaviors (maternal report) 15.43 10.48
 Delinquency (peer report)  1.88   .60
Nonattachment predictors of functioning:
 Quality of relationship 90.72 19.75
 Perceived self-worth  3.09   .72
 Maternal control of behavior 26.82  7.77

Note: Ns for all measures except peer-report measures range from 116 to 131 due to missing data. Ns for peer-report measures are 107.