Secure base scripted knowledge and preschoolers’ social competence in samples from Mexico and Peru

Nóblega, Magaly; Bárrig-Jó, Patricia; González, Lucia Raquel Vado; Fourment, Katherine; Salinas-Quiroz, Fernando; Vizuet, Angélica; Posada, Germán

doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1575548

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“…Similarly, future studies may consider the study of caregiver/mothers’ ability to discuss with their children peer‐related scenarios that contain emotion‐laden content (i.e., co‐construction of peer relations). A set of studies (Noblega et al, ; Shin, ; Vaughn, Posada, & Verissimo, ; Verissimo et al, ) investigating the associations between preschoolers’ secure base script knowledge and social competence in preschool settings is a good illustration of the kind of research suggested.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

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Viii. Conclusion: Co‐constructing a Secure Base Partnership: Mother–child Interactions, Communication, and Script Representations

Posada¹,

Waters²

2018

Monographs Society Res Child

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Using the secure base construct, the evidence presented indicates that interactional experience continues to be a central factor in the organization of mother–child attachment relationships. The parent–child codetermination process that establishes their relationship in infancy expands during the preschool years. Furthermore, with the increasingly relevant role of language, parent–child verbal communication during this time plays an important part in structuring children's attachment behavior and knowledge. Parents help their children construe attachment‐related information, control and regulate emotional experience, and guide behavior during attachment‐related experiences. That is, during early childhood, parent and child continue the process of constructing a secure base partnership through their gradually more complex interactions that take advantage of children's behavioral, emotional, representational, and language advances. Although the studies are interrelated and contribute to a coherent understanding of attachment relationships during this time period, they represent small‐scale studies. Further, some of the effect sizes presented are small. Thus, future research should include tests of replication as well as explorations of links to early and later development and parallel findings in more diverse samples.

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Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viii. Conclusion: Co‐constructing a Secure Base Partnership: Mother–child Interactions, Communication, and Script Representations

Posada¹,

Waters²

2018

Monographs Society Res Child

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Latin American Attachment studies: A narrative review

Fourment

Espinoza

Ribeiro

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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Attachment theory´s core hypotheses (universality, normativity, sensitivity, and competence) are assumed to be applicable worldwide. However, the majority of studies on attachment theory have been conducted in Western countries, and the extent to which these core hypotheses are supported by research conducted in Latin America has never been systematically addressed. The purpose of this systematic narrative literature review is to provide an integrative discussion of the current body of empirical studies concerning attachment theory conducted in Latin American countries. For that purpose, a search was conducted in four electronic databases (Web of Science, PsycInfo, SciELO, and Redalyc) and 82 publications on attachment and/or sensitivity met inclusion criteria. None of the studies reported cases in which an attachment relationship was absent, and a predominance of secure attachment patterns was found, mainly for non‐risk samples (NRS). Sensitivity levels were generally deemed adequate in NRS, and related to attachment quality. Attachment security and caregivers’ sensitivity were positively associated with child outcomes. Attachment‐based intervention studies mostly showed efficacy. In conclusion, Latin American research supports the key theoretical assumptions of attachment theory, mainly in samples of urban middle‐class NRS. However, the field of attachment‐related research would be enriched by also investing in Latin American studies on caregiving rooted in local concepts and theories.

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