title: Theory testing, effect-size evaluation, and differential susceptibility to rearing influence: the case of mothering and attachment.
abstract: It is important to distinguish theory testing from effect-size evaluation when considering the impact of mothering on attachment security discerned in the De Wolff and van Ijzendoorn meta-analysis. Moreover, the possibility exists that this analysis both over- and underestimates mothering effects, as would be the case if infants vary in their susceptibility to rearing influence.
authors.affiliation: Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belsky
mesh_terms: D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D011582:Psychological Theory; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012107:Research Design