Table 8.
Differences between parents of children adopted internationally, foster parents, parents living in poverty and referred to Child Protective Services, and low-risk mothers for specific Adult Attachment Interview classifications
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| OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | |
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| Low-risk mothers | 3.08 | <.01 | — | — | 0.44 | <.01 | — | — | 0.35 | <.01 | — | — | 0.55 | .03 | — | — |
| Poverty/CPS-referred parents | 7.36 | <.01 | 3.44 | <.01 | 0.15 | <.01 | 0.52 | .11 | 0.39 | <.01 | 0.20 | <.01 | 0.27 | <.01 | 0.62 | .48 |
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| Low-risk mothers | 1.27 | .09 | — | — | 1.14 | .42 | — | — | 0.53 | <.01 | — | — | 1.52 | .01 | — | — |
| Poverty/CPS-referred parents | 3.03 | <.01 | 1.90 | <.01 | 0.40 | <.01 | 0.73 | .20 | 0.59 | .03 | 0.49 | .03 | 0.74 | .10 | 0.99 | .97 |
| Int. adoptive parents | 0.41 | <.01 | 0.80 | .46 | 2.60 | <.01 | 1.03 | .94 | 1.53 | .24 | 1.47 | .37 | 2.78 | <.01 | 1.52 | .29 |
Note: F, Autonomous; Ds, dismissing; E, preoccupied; U, unresolved; CC, cannot classify; OR, odds ratio; CPS, Child Protective Services. Data for low-risk mothers are drawn from Bakermans-Kranenburg and van IJzendoorn (2009). Covariate information was not available for low-risk mothers.