Benoit and Parker's Longitudinal Study on Canadian Infants, Their Mothers

Multiple Choice

Benoit and Parker's longitudinal study on Canadian infants, their mothers, and their grandmothers found 88% agreement in maternal attachment classification of mothers and their infants, and 65% agreement across the three generations. Given that a disproportionate number of adults with various behavioural problems (including criminal behaviour) have histories of insecure attachment, the results of Benoit and Parker's study suggests that

A) insecure maternal attachment results in behavioural problems in adulthood
B) insecure maternal attachment results in parenting styles that lead to insecure maternal attachments in children
C) the patterns of attachment are passed on from one generation to the next
D) there is no pattern of attachment that is passed from generation to generation