Similarly compelling results have been obtained with maltreated infants, where baseline rates of
insecurity were
over 90 % and where post-intervention
attachment security did not differ from that of non-maltreated infants.
Interestingly, in a 2 - year longitudinal study on a sample of college students, Hankin et al. (2005) found that experiencing additional interpersonal stressors
over time mediates the relationship between
attachment insecurity and prospective increase in depressive and anxious symptoms.