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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emotion. 2020 Jan 9;21(2):260–272. doi: 10.1037/emo0000721

Table 5.

Associations between Continuous Infant Attachment Insecurity (12 and 18 months) and Adult Emotion Regulation strategies (between 20 and 35 years).

Adults’ Balanced-Regulation Strategies Adults’ Hypo-Regulation Strategies Adults’ Hyper-Regulation Strategies

B t p 95% CI r B t p 95% CI r B t p 95% CI r



Low High Low High Low High
Infants’ Attachment to Mother
Intercept 2.78 12.04 .000 2.32 3.24 .75 2.85 12.52 .000 2.40 3.30 .77 2.24 11.24 .000 1.83 2.62 .75
Infant Security .28 1.80 .075 −.03 .58 .17 −.35 −2.28 .025 −.65 −.05 .22 −.18 −1.38 .170 −.45 .08 .14

Note. Significant effects are highlighted in bold. Effect sizes (r) were computed using Rosenthal and Rosnow’s (2007) formula: r = √(t2 / t2 + df). CI = confidence interval.