This invention provides an aqueous polymeric dispersion, the polymer including, as polymerized units: from 0.1 to 10%, by weight based on the weight of the polymer, monomer selected from the group consisting of strong carboxylic acid monomers, sulfonic acid monomers and phosphorous-containing acid monomers, and from 0.01 to 3%, by weight based on the weight of the polymer, a moiety including the structure, wherein X═CY, N, or P and Y, independently ═H, C, N, O, Cl, Br, F, Si, S, or P. Also, a method for forming the aqueous polymeric dispersion and a method for providing a coating having improved adhesion to a substrate, particularly to a metal substrate, is provided.