Attachment disorganization: Genetic factors, parenting contexts, and developmental transformation from infancy to adulthood.

By Karlen Lyons-Ruth, D. Jacobvitz. 2008

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Attachment and the processing of social information across the life span: theory and evidence. (2011, background): “…show more sensitivity to their infants than do parents of insecure infants; see Belsky & Fearon, 2008; DeWolff & van IJzendoorn, 1997; & Lyons-Ruth & Jacobvitz, 2008, for reviews); meta-analytic data also indicate that frightening maternal behavior is a principal contributor to infant…”
Attachment and depressive symptoms in middle childhood and early adolescence: Testing the validity of the emotion regulation model of attachment (2012, background): “Children with disorganized attachments lack a coherent attachment strategy and instead show contradictory, bizarre, and incoherent attachment behaviors, or, at older ages, exhibit role reversal with caregivers (Lyons-Ruth & Jacobvitz, 2008).”
Attachment security and disorganization in maltreating and high-risk families: A series of meta-analyses (2010, background): “…in particular those showing disorganized behaviors, are at greater risk for psychopathology, behavior problems, stress dysregulation, and poor cognitive performance (see Lyons-Ruth & Jacobvitz, 2008; van IJzendoorn, Schuengel, & BakermansKranenburg, 1999, for narrative and meta-analytic reviews).”