Our lab was well represented at the International Attachment Conference (IAC) in Leuven, Belgium last week. We showcased research reflecting our work on topics including attachment, technology use, sensitivity, and adversity, while demonstrating methodological innovation.

Lab members presented co-authored research on the following topics:

Daniel Bury: 

• Meta-Analyzing Adult Attachment Representations as a Predictor of Sensitive Caregiving Behaviours (poster presented by Marissa Nivison)

Jessica Cooke:

• Longitudinal Predictors of Attachment Disorganization: Sociodemographic Risk and Maternal Disrupted Caregiving (presented by Sheri Madigan)

Rachel Eirich:

• Parent Technoference & Child Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis (presentation)

Jackson Hewitt:

• Adult Attachment Representations in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Meta-analysis (presentation)
• The predictive significance of observed parenting behaviors to adult attachment security: A meta-analysis (poster) 

Anh Ly:

• An Umbrella Review of Antecedents of Child Attachment (presentation)

Sheri Madigan:

• Parent Technology Use During Play: An Unobtrusive Observational Study with Reported Child Outcomes (presentation)

• The Role of Caregiver Sensitivity and Attachment in Child Development: A Series of Umbrella Reviews (presentation)

• SmartPhone: Behavioral, Physiological, Experiential and Relational Consequences of Parental Digital Engagement Across Development (discussion with Pasco Fearon)

• ACEs and Trauma-Informed Care (Roundtable discussion)

Marissa Nivison:

• Childhood Attachment Security and Executive Function Skills: A Meta-Analysis (presentation)

• The Association Between Parental Lifetime Experiences of Adversity and Parent-Child Attachment Disorganization: A Meta-Analysis (presentation)

• The Adult Attachment Interview’s Expansive Utility: Integrating Attachment and Alternative Coding Systems in Research and Practice (keynote)
  

Dr. Marissa Nivison presents the closing keynote presentation

Leslie Obol:

• CARE Collaboration Professional Development Workshop: Bridging Research and Practice through Thoughtful Poster and Presentation Design (workshop)

Sarah Tayyab:

• Revisiting Earned Security: A Meta-Analytic Review (poster presented by Marissa Nivison)

Raela Thiemann: 

• Caregiver Sensitivity Mediates the Association Between Caregiver Depression and Child Attachment Security: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Model (presentation)

We are so proud of our team’s contributions to IAC and look forward to continuing to develop and share high-quality, policy-relevant, and clinically meaningful research.