Remaining or Becoming Secure: Parental Sensitive Support Predicts Attachment Continuity From Infancy to Adolescence in a Longitudinal Adoption Study

Secure attachment is important for parent-child relationships and children's development. To better understand the continuity of attachment, researchers followed 125 early adopted adolescents from one to 14 years old. Results revealed that both early and later parental sensitive support were important for the continuity of secure attachment.