scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SAME-AGE AND MIXED-AGE GROUPING IN DAY CARE ON PARENT-CHILD ATTACHMENT SECURITY

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 595-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina M. Pool ◽  
Catrien C.J.H. Bijleveld ◽  
Louis W.C. Tavecchio
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Attachment Relationships ◽  
Daycare Centers ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Mixed Age ◽  
Q Sort ◽  
Parent Child

This pilot study investigates the effect on parent-child attachment relationships of same-age versus mixed-age grouping in daycare centers in the Netherlands. For 45 children in the age range of 2 to 6 years, parent-child attachment relationships were assessed by means of the Attachment Q-Sort. It was found that attachment security did not differ significantly for children who had been in mixed-age or in same-age grouping, or who had experienced a change of daycare center.

scholarly journals Early Attachment to Mothers and Fathers: Contributions to Preschoolers' Emotional Regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Fernandes ◽  
Marilia Fernandes ◽  
António J. Santos ◽  
Marta Antunes ◽  
Lígia Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Attachment Relationships ◽  
Preschool Classrooms ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Parent Child

Children acquire and develop emotional regulatory skills in the context of parent-child attachment relationships, nonetheless empirical studies have focused mainly on mother and less information is available regarding the role of both parent-child attachment relationships. Furthermore, despite its importance, there is no information regarding preschool years. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the potential influences of both mother-child and father-child attachments on preschooler's later emotion regulation observed in the peer group. Fifty-three Portuguese nuclear families (mother, father and focal child) participated in the study; 47% of the children were boys and 53% were girls. Attachment Security was assessed at home using the Attachment Behavior Q-set when children were 3 years of age, and emotion regulation was observed in the preschool classrooms attended by the children at age 5, using the California child Q-sort to derive an Emotion Regulation Q-Scale. Results showed that the combined influence of both parent-child attachment security predicted better emotion regulation results, than did the specific contributions of each parent per se. Findings are consistent with integrative approaches that highlight the value of including both mother- and father-child attachment relationships, as well as their combined effect, when studying emotion regulation.

scholarly journals The emergence of attachment following early social deprivation

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Carlson ◽  
Camelia E. Hostinar ◽  
Shanna B. Mliner ◽  
Megan R. Gunnar
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Attachment Relationships ◽  
Attachment Quality ◽  
Q Sort

AbstractThis study examined the formation and quality of attachment of 65 postinstitutionalized (PI) toddlers with their parents at 1–3 and 7–9 months postadoption compared to 52 nonadopted (NA) children. The formation of attachment relationships of PI children with adoptive parents occurred relatively quickly. Children exposed to greater preadoption adversity took longer to form an attachment to their adoptive parents, although by 7–9 months postadoption, nearly all (90%) of the children achieved the highest level on an attachment formation rating scale. PI children did not differ from NA children in attachment security, based either on the Attachment Q-Sort or Strange Situation categorical scoring. However, the PI children were more likely to be disorganized in their attachment patterns. Preadoption adversity was related to lower Q-sort security scores especially at the initial assessment 1–3 months postadoption. The results indicated that attachment formation and attachment quality in PI children are differentiable constructs with different precursors.

Parent–child attachment and internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence: A review of empirical findings and future directions

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Brumariu ◽  
Kathryn A. Kerns
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Key Questions ◽  
Parent Child

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the theory and evidence for the links of parent–child attachment with internalizing problems in childhood and adolescence. We address three key questions: (a) how consistent is the evidence that attachment security or insecurity is linked to internalizing symptoms, anxiety, and depression? (b) How consistent is the evidence that specific forms of insecurity are more strongly related to internalizing symptoms, anxiety, and depression than are other forms of insecurity? (c) Are associations with internalizing symptoms, anxiety, and depression consistent for mother–child and father–child attachment? The current findings are consistent with the hypothesis that insecure attachment is associated with the development of internalizing problems. The links between specific insecure attachment patterns and internalizing problems are difficult to evaluate. Father–child and mother–child attachments have a comparable impact, although there are relatively few studies of father–child attachment. No moderators consistently affect these relations. We also propose two models of how attachment insecurity may combine with other factors to lead to anxiety or depression.

Maintaining Attachment Relationships among Children in Foster Care

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kevin Grigsby
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Permanency Planning ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Attachment Relationships ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Child Visitation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Parent Child

Frequent, regular parent–child visitation of children in foster care is crucial in maintaining the attachment relationship of the parent and child. Further, the parent–child attachment concept is crucial for permanency planning because it is the rationale behind the goal of providing children with a stable and continuous relationship with the parent or another caretaker, if that child cannot return to the care of the parent. In order to ascertain whether protective services workers recognize and emphasize the importance of maintaining parent–child or other attachment relationships, the author studied closed case records of children who had experienced foster-care placement. Results are discussed in the context of social-attachment theory.

The Association Between Peer Victimization and Attachment Security: A Meta-Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Ward ◽  
Kylee Clayton ◽  
Jennifer Barnes ◽  
Jennifer Theule
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Moderator ◽  
Modest Effect ◽  
Parent Child

Numerous studies have explored the relationship between parent–child attachment and peer victimization, a problem for many Canadian children and youth; however, research in this area has been mixed. The present study utilized meta-analytic procedures to clarify the relationship between parent–child attachment and peer victimization. A random effects model was used to complete these analyses. Following extensive database searches, 16 studies were found to be eligible for inclusion. A significant relationship was found between attachment security and peer victimization, r = −.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [−.18, −.10], p < .001. Sample ethnicity was the only significant moderator; samples with higher proportions of White participants had a stronger relationship between attachment and peer victimization. Although the results of this study highlight the existence of a relationship between attachment relationships and peer victimization, modest effect sizes suggest that this relationship is likely indirect, with other key variables mediating this relationship.

Testing the Incremental Value of a Separate Measure for Secure Attachment Relative to a Measure for Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrijn Brenning ◽  
Bart Soenens ◽  
Caroline Braet
Keyword(s):  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract. Research on attachment in middle childhood and early adolescence has typically relied on either unidimensional measures of attachment security (vs. insecurity) or on differentiated measures of attachment anxiety and avoidance. This study addressed the question whether there is a need to add an explicit measure of security when operationalizing parent-child attachment in terms of anxiety and avoidance. Both dimensional (i.e., regression analyses) and person-centered analyses (i.e., cluster analysis) are used in this study (N = 276, 53% boys, mean age = 10.66) to examine the incremental value of a scale for attachment security (in this study, the Security Scale) in addition to a scale for attachment anxiety and avoidance (in this study, the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale-Revised – Child version; ECR-RC). The present results suggest that an assessment of anxious and avoidant attachment (using the ECR-RC) may suffice to capture the quality of parent-child attachment in middle childhood and early adolescence.

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