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Table 2 Descriptives of subscales of 12-item AISI 6–12 years

From: Internal structure and reliability of the Attachment Insecurity Screening Inventory (AISI) for children age 6 to 12

 

Total sample (N = 681)

  
 

M (SD)

  

Avoidant

16.966 (4.21)

  

Ambivalent

11.167 (3.60)

  

Desorganised

12.013 (4.40)

  

Total insecurity

40.147 (7.18)

  
 

Mothers (n = 361)

Fathers (n = 320)

 
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

t a

Avoidant

17.031 (4.42)

16.894 (3.98)

− 0.425

Ambivalent

11.609 (3.77)

10.669 (3.34)

−3.457**

Desorganised

12.501 (4.62)

11.463 (4.08)

−3.115**

Total insecurity

41.141 (7.22)

39.025 (6.97)

−3.880***

 

Non-biological parents (n = 594)

Biological parents (n = 87)

 
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

t b

Avoidant

16.931 (4.23)

17.207 (4.14)

− 0.729

Ambivalent

10.958 (3.44)

12.598 (4.27)

−3.843***

Desorganised

11.874 (4.28)

12.966 (5.07)

−1.875

Total insecurity

39.763 (6.95)

42.770 (8.12)

−3.559***

  1. Note. aIndependent t-test. bt-test of multilevel model. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001
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