Attachment in middle childhood

Kerns, Kathryn A.; Richardson, Rhonda A.

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“…The scale provides scores on a single, continuous dimension of security, based on the average of the item scores, with the average score ranging from 1 -4. Previous research has demonstrated good psychometric proprieties of this measure in that it has good internal consistency and test-retest reliability and security scores correlate with maternal behavior and children's social and emotional adjustment and (Kerns, Schlegelmich, Morgan, & Abraham, 2005). Internal consistency for the present study was .64 at Time 1 and .82 at Time 2.…”

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“…When questionnaire attachment measures are employed, it would be beneficial to include reports of social anxiety symptoms from other reliable sources (e.g., parents, teachers) or to use diagnostic interviews or behavior observation measures. Future studies could also incorporate attachment interviews such as story-stem tasks or script analysis of attachment narratives to examine the consistency of the results across attachment measures (Kerns et al, 2005). Second, the homogeneous nature of our sample limits generalization of these findings.…”

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Mother–child attachment and social anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Brumariu

Kerns

2008

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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Literature suggests that parent-child attachment and anxiety symptoms are related. One purpose of the present study was to assess whether attachment patterns relate differentially to social anxiety aspects (fear of negative evaluation, social anxiety and distress in new situations, and generalized anxiety and distress). The second purpose was to investigate these links both longitudinally and concurrently in middle childhood. Children in grades 3 and 5 (N = 74) completed measures of secure, ambivalent, and avoidant attachments with mothers and a measure of social anxiety symptoms in grade 5. Longitudinal analyses showed that ambivalent attachment was most consistently related to social anxiety. Concurrent measures of attachment and social anxiety showed that lower attachment security and higher ambivalent attachment were most consistently related to higher social anxiety. Concurrent attachment predicted variance in social anxiety after controlling for earlier attachment. Findings suggest that anxiety interventions might target attachment.

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Mother–child attachment and social anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Brumariu

Kerns

2008

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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“…Kerns et al 2006) while attachment increasingly moves to a more representational level (Main et al 1985). Furthermore, accumulating research has demonstrated the clinical relevance of late childhood attachment for (mal)adaptive development during adolescence (Kerns 2008). Altogether, this resulted in studies demonstrating the existence of the first two stages of expectation-congruent processing of attachment-related information.…”

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Lack of Trust in Maternal Support is Associated with Negative Interpretations of Ambiguous Maternal Behavior

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Attachment theory assumes that children who lack trust in maternal availability for support are more inclined to interpret maternal behavior in congruence with their expectation that mother will remain unavailable for support. To provide the first test of this assumption, early adolescents (9-13 years old) were asked to assess whether ambiguous interactions with mother should be interpreted in a positive or a negative way. In our sample (n = 322), results showed that early adolescents' lack of trust in their mother's availability for support was related to more negative interpretations of maternal behavior. The associations remained significant after controlling for depressive mood. The importance of these findings for our understanding of attachment theory, attachment stability, and clinical practice are discussed.

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“…Deste modo, nos primeiros anos de vida, através das interações que estabelece com os seus cuidadores primários, a criança cria expetativas sobre a sua disponibilidade e responsividade, que servem como base para a elaboração do modelo interno dinâmico. O modelo interno dinâmico remete para representações mentais sobre os outros, sobre o mundo e sobre o Self, em termos de ser, ou não, merecedor de afeto e proteção, sendo usado como protótipo das relações que o sujeito estabelece ao longo da vida (Bowlby, 1969(Bowlby, / 1984Kerns, Schlegelmilch, Morgan, & Abraham, 2005;Soares, 2007).…”

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“…Não obstante, a avaliação do apego de crianças em idade escolar está em fase embrionária, sendo reconhecida a necessidade de avaliar o desenvolvimento do apego durante este período do ciclo vital (Kerns et al, 2005).…”

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Predição do apego de crianças em função do estilo educativo materno e do tipo de família

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Soares³

2013

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ResumoEste estudo teve como objetivo identificar fatores preditores da segurança do apego das crianças. O estudo foi conduzido numa amostra comunitária de mães de 288 crianças em idade escolar, distribuídas por três grupos de acordo com a tipologia familiar (famílias nucleares, monoparentais e reconstituídas). As mães avaliaram o seu estilo educativo (EMBU-P) e os comportamentos de apego dos filhos (PCV-M). Os resultados evidenciaram uma correlação positiva entre as perceções maternas dos comportamentos de apego dos filhos e de suporte emocional e uma correlação negativa entre esta mesma variável e a rejeição materna. O modelo preditor da segurança do apego identificou como preditores a rejeição e o suporte emocional maternos, não se verificando o poder preditivo do tipo de família. Palavras-chave: Criança, segurança do apego, segurança da vinculação, estilo educativo materno; tipo de família. AbstractThis study aims to identify predictive factors of children's secure attachment. The study was conducted in a community-based sample of 288 mothers of school-aged children distributed in three groups accordingly to their family type (nuclear, single-parent and reconstituted family). The mothers assessed their own rearing style (EMBU-P) as well as their children's attachment behaviors (PCV-M). The results showed a positive correlation between mothers' perception of emotional support and the quality of their children's attachment behaviors, and a negative correlation between the latter variable and maternal rejection. The predictive model of attachment security identified maternal rejection and emotional support as predictors, whilst family type showed no predictive power. Keywords: Children, attachment security, maternal rearing style, family type. Na literatura podemos encontrar diversas abordagens da parentalidade, que realçam diferentes construtos teó-ricos. Algumas teorias da parentalidade abordam o processo de socialização da criança. Uma das áreas mais desenvolvidas da parentalidade é o estudo dos estilos educativos parentais, que engloba a relação emocional estabelecida entre pais e filhos, os sistemas de crenças, as práticas educativas e os comportamentos dos pais (Darling & Steinberg, 1993;Dishion & McMahon, 1998). Segundo esta abordagem o comportamento parental deve contemplar duas dimensões: (a) de natureza afetiva, caracterizada pela presença de responsividade, suporte e afeto parental, e (b) de tipo instrumental, na qual o controlo e a disciplina são usados com o objetivo de socializar a criança, ao promover o cumprimento das regras e normas sociais (Darling & Steinberg, 1993).Outras teorias da parentalidade focam-se, primariamente, no contexto emocional da relação pais-filho, como a teoria do apego ao defender que os pais que são cuidadores emocionalmente apoiantes, afetuosos, sensíveis e responsivos promovem um apego seguro com os seus filhos, o que tem consequências desenvolvimentais positivas (Cassidy, 1999). De acordo com a teoria do apego desenvolvida por Bowlby (1969Bowlby ( /1984, há uma predispo...

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Attachment in middle childhood

Cited by 193 publications

References 102 publications

Mother–child attachment and social anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Mother–child attachment and social anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Lack of Trust in Maternal Support is Associated with Negative Interpretations of Ambiguous Maternal Behavior

Predição do apego de crianças em função do estilo educativo materno e do tipo de família

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