Table 3.

A Brief Synopsis of Precursors of the SDS Profiles.

	Interparental Properties	Family Characteristics	Child Attributes
Secure	Negligible or mild anger No violence or aggression Portrayals of parental competence and emotional stability (e.g., problem-solving, cohesion)	Parent-child attachment security Parent responsiveness Parent emotion coaching Family cohesiveness	High effortful control High soothability Low distress proneness High planning & flexibility
Mobilizing	Anger escalation and hostility Minimal to modest violence Child-related content Some resolution	Family enmeshment Moderate parental responsiveness “Frightened” parental behavior Parent psychological control Resistant parent-child attachment	Low effortful control High distress proneness Low soothability High impulsivity High approach
Dominant	Anger escalation and hostility Disengagement and detachment Vulnerable parental emotion (e.g., worry, dysphoria) Little to mild violence No resolution	“Frightened” parental behavior Parent unresponsiveness and apathy Avoidant or punitive-controlling attachment Parent-child coercive process Family enmeshment Family chaos and instability	Low effortful control Low to moderate distress proneness High impulsivity High anger proneness High boldness
Demobilizing	Anger escalation and hostility Violence and aggression Child-related content Coerciveness and volatility No resolution	Parent alliance against child Parental unresponsiveness High parental abuse potential “Frightening” parent behavior Parent intolerance of affect expression Disorganized attachment	High behavior inhibition Low impulsivity Moderate effortful control Low sensitivity to reward