Attachment Relationships with Fathers and Mothers during Early Chilhood

Portu-Zapirain, Nerea

doi:10.4236/psych.2013.43a038

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“…Thus, the attachment relationship to father may become particularly salient during middle childhood. Yet, the few studies that included a father character in story stems have focused on adoptive families (Barone and Lionetti 2011 ), single parent (Bernier and Miljkovitch 2009 ; Miljkovitch et al 2012 ), and post-divorce families (Page and Bretherton 2001 ), while only one study concerned attachment representations to mother and father, respectively, in children living with two parents (Portu-Zapirain 2013 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Attachment to Mother and Father at Transition to Middle Childhood

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The present study investigated concordance between representations of attachment to mother and attachment to father, and convergence between two narrative-based methods addressing these representations in middle childhood: the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) and the Secure Base Script Test (SBST). One hundred and twenty 6-year-old children were assessed by separate administrations of the MCAST for mother and father, respectively, and results showed concordance of representations of attachment to mother and attachment to father at age 6.5 years. 75 children were additionally tested about 12 months later, with the SBST, which assesses scripted knowledge of secure base (and safe haven), not differentiating between mother and father attachment relationships. Concerning attachment to father, dichotomous classifications (MCAST) and a continuous dimension capturing scripted secure base knowledge (MCAST) converged with secure base scriptedness (SBST), yet we could not show the same pattern of convergence concerning attachment to mother. Results suggest some convergence between the two narrative methods of assessment of secure base script but also highlight complications when using the MCAST for measuring attachment to father in middle childhood.

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“…The gender difference may be accounted for by the variations in the levels of social and emotional connections of children with their parents during the advanced years. Compared to fathers, children tend to form deeper emotional relationships with their mothers ( Lewis & Lamb, 2003 ; Portu-Zapirain, 2013 ; Zimmermann et al, 2022 ). These close ties put mothers in a better position to benefit more from children’s assistance.…”

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Satisfaction With Children’s Achievements and Health Outcomes in a Sample of Community Older Adults in Nigeria

Olawa

2023

Innovation in Aging

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Background and Objectives In most African societies with little or no social welfare services for older adults, many parents regard their children as personal investments and security for the future. As a result, satisfaction with children's achievements may be necessary for older parents' physical and mental health. This study examined the association between satisfaction with adult children's achievements (SACA) and health outcomes (regarding somatic health, self-rated health, anxiety, and depression) in a sample of Nigerian older adults. Research Design and Methods By using the multistage sampling technique in a cross-sectional survey, 465 older adults (Mean age = 74.18 ± 9.42) consisting of 294 women were selected from 14 rural communities in a State in Nigeria. Data were collected using validated instruments and analyzed using multiple linear regression and multigroup analyses in SPSS AMOS. Results High SACA was significantly associated with low somatic health problems, positive self-rated health, and low levels of anxiety and depression, even after controlling for socio-demographic factors, children's support, social engagement, and loneliness. Further analyses indicated that the relationship between SACA and depression was only significant in women and more robust in the widowed. Also, SACA was associated with somatic health among the married but not the widowed. The level of children's support was not a significant moderator. Discussion and Implications Parents can experience positive emotions and, consequently, good health from being satisfied with their children's achievements regardless of perceived children's support. Assessing satisfaction with adult children's achievements may aid in better diagnoses and formulation of a more effective clinical intervention to improve the well-being of older adults in developing societies.

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“…Secure paternal attachment seemed to protect an adolescent against BPD by helping develop ego-resiliency, which is important in adjusting to the challenges of adolescence (Kim et al, 2014). Furthermore, one may wonder whether there is a "sensitive period" in the relationship with the father during transition from childhood to adolescence that is comparable to the sensitive period in early childhood in the relationship with the mother (Kouvo et al, 2015;Portu-Zapirain, 2013).…”

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Adolescent attachment insecurity and the influence of MBT

Hauber¹,

Boon

Kuipers

et al. 2018

Attachment & Human Development

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The aim of this study in a high-risk adolescent sample with personality disorders receiving intensive mentalisation-based treatment (MBT), was first, to examine deviations in insecure attachment distribution of the normative pattern, and in borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders; second, to explore whether MBT alters attachment representations and whether these alterations are related to changes in psychological distress. A total of 60 adolescents were investigated pre-treatment for both categorical and continuous measures of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Pre-and post-AAI (N = 33) data were compared with psychological distress measured by the Symptom Checklist-90. While the most disturbed category of insecure attachment, the "cannot classify" category, was overrepresented (46.7%) at pre-treatment, no differences were observed by type of personality disorder. At post-treatment, 48.5% of the participants showed positive change in the attachment representation, and their psychological distress lowered significantly (p = .002). The whole sample demonstrated change towards increased secure attachment (z = −2.85, p = .004). Attachment insecurity was found in all adolescent personality disorders which MBT seemed to be able to alter. However, as we included no control group, we cannot conclude that changes are due to the treatment itself.

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Attachment Relationships with Fathers and Mothers during Early Chilhood

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

Attachment to Mother and Father at Transition to Middle Childhood

Attachment to Mother and Father at Transition to Middle Childhood

Satisfaction With Children’s Achievements and Health Outcomes in a Sample of Community Older Adults in Nigeria

Adolescent attachment insecurity and the influence of MBT

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