Table 3.

Avoidant, Resistant, and Disorganized Attachment and Social Competence with Peers

	k	N	D	Confidence Interval 95%	Homogeneity Q	Contrast Q1	Contrast p
Insecure Subtype v. All Other Attachment Patterns Combined
Avoidant v. Not-Avoidant (B, C, D)2	12	1,062	0.17**	0.05 – 0.30	7.48
Gender
Boys	2	245	0.20	−0.06 – 0.45	1.55
Girls	2	233	0.09	−0.17 – 0.35	0.56
Mixed	8	584	0.20*	0.02 – 0.37	4.92
SES
Middle/high	9	907	0.17**	0.04 – 0.31	5.62
Low	3	155	0.17	−0.16 – 0.50	1.87
Attachment measure
SSP	11	958	0.18**	0.05 – 0.31	7.44
MSSP	1	104	0.13	−0.26 – 0.53	NA
Resistant v. Not-Resistant (A, B, D)2	12	1,034	0.29**	0.09 – 0.48	22.12*
Gender
Boys	2	245	0.22	−0.29 – 0.73	2.80
Girls	3	240	0.46	−0.04 – 0.97	10.16**
Mixed	7	549	0.27	−0.03 – 0.57	8.39
SES
Middle/high	9	879	0.13	0.00 – 0.27	7.49
Low	3	155	0.81**	0.46 – 1.16	2.24
Attachment measure
SSP	11	930	0.29**	0.07 – 0.51	21.79*
MSSP	1	104	0.33	−0.31 – 0.97	NA
Disorganized v. Not-Disorganized (A, B, C)2	12	1,103	0.25**	0.10 – 0.40	15.39
At-risk
Not at-risk	10	910	0.23**	0.06 – 0.40	14.71
At-risk child	2	193	0.33	−0.05 – 0.70	0.12
Gender
Boys	3	287	0.12	−0.18 – 0.42	8.08*
Girls	3	280	0.16	−0.15 – 0.46	1.81
Mixed	6	536	0.35**	0.14 – 0.56	2.05
SES						3.27	.07
Middle/high	8	894	0.31**	0.15 – 0.46	9.09
Low	4	209	0.00	−0.30 – 0.30	2.91
Attachment measure						3.99*
SSP	8	802	0.16*	0.01 – 0.31	8.75
MSSP	4	301	0.46**	0.21 – 0.72	2.33
Insecure Subtype v. Secure
Avoidant v. Secure	12	914	0.27	0.11 – 0.43	13.63
Resistant v. Secure	12	847	0.41	0.16 – 0.66	26.85**
Disorganized v. Secure	9	694	0.26	0.07 – 0.44	10.11
Insecure Subtype v. Other Insecure Subtype
Avoidant v. Resistant	11	457	0.00	–0.19 – 0.19	NA
Avoidant v. Disorganized	6	409	−0.05	−0.25 – 0.15	NA
Resistant v. Disorganized	6	351	−0.02	−0.14 – 0.09	NA

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

¹subgroups with k < 4 excluded from contrast;

²A=Avoidant, B=Secure, C=Resistant, D=Disorganized