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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 1990 Feb;61(1):85–98. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02762.x

TABLE 3.

Infant Attachment Classifications by Treatment Group and Depression Status

Depression Status High-Risk Treated (28)a High-Risk Untreated (10) Community Untreated (32)a
Nondepressed mothers:
 Forced B classification:
  Secure-Not Disorganized . .30 (3) .00 .48 (12)
  Secure-Disorganized ...... .20 (2) .00 .08 (2)
 Forced A or C classification:
  Insecure ................. .10(1) .50 (2) .20 (5)
  Insecure-Disorganized .... .40 (4) .50 (2) .24 (6)
Depressed mothers:
 Forced B classification:
  Secure-Not Disorganized . .33 (6) . 17(1) .14(1)
  Secure-Disorganized ...... .28 (5) .17(1) .00
 Forced A or C classification:
  Insecure ................. . 17(3) .00 .43 (3)
  Insecure-Disorganized .... .22 (4) .67 (4) .43 (3)

NOTE.—Cell n’s in parentheses.

a

Four tapes originally classified as secure, three from the treated group and one from the community group, could not be recoded for the Disorganized category and are not included.