Longitudinal studies (both Germany and the USA) show that, by age 10, securely attached children are more socially competent, and have more close friends and stronger friendships. Reviewing a number of studies, Thompson (1999) reported that older insecurely attached children (Types A and C) are prone to more problems relating to social competence, aggression, self-esteem, self-efficacy, popularity, self-control and autonomy. Further, ambivalently attached children (Type C) tend to label themselves as victims in social interactions, accept the role of victim when interacting with peers and expect peers to be less kindly disposed towards them or to reject them (Ziv et al., 2004).
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securely attached at 1 year-old = more likely to be socially competent 15!!!
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Sroufe (2005) notes that attachment status is by no means uniformly stable and stresses that early attachment security does not provide immunity from later difficulties.
histories of disorganised attachments (Type D) have not been found to be consistently less socially competent than other children. This may be because the disorganised category needs to be further subdivided before it will be well understood.