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Determinants of attachment style in middle childhood: Perceptions of parental behavior and their relation to attachment coping strategies
Title
Determinants of attachment style in middle childhood: Perceptions of parental behavior and their relation to attachment coping strategies.
Creator
Cusimano, Angela M., Florida Atlantic University, Perry, David G.
Abstract/Description
Participants were 199 children (105 females) in grades three through eight (mean age = 11.03 years). Five attachment coping strategies were assessed (preoccupied, avoidant, indecisive, coercive, and caregiving), and four aspects of perceived maternal behavior were assessed (reliable support, harassment, overprotection, and fear induction). Numerous meaningful associations were found between the attachment measures and the perceived parenting measures. For instance, perceived maternal...
Show moreParticipants were 199 children (105 females) in grades three through eight (mean age = 11.03 years). Five attachment coping strategies were assessed (preoccupied, avoidant, indecisive, coercive, and caregiving), and four aspects of perceived maternal behavior were assessed (reliable support, harassment, overprotection, and fear induction). Numerous meaningful associations were found between the attachment measures and the perceived parenting measures. For instance, perceived maternal overprotectiveness was significantly related to preoccupied and indecisive coping strategies, whereas perceived maternal harassment, fear induction, and reliable support were related in various ways to avoidant, indecisive, coercive, and caregiving attachment coping strategies. In general, the associations found between the perceived parenting measures and the attachment measures support the construct validity of the self-report measures of attachment and confirm that self-report measures are a fruitful way to assess attachment style in middle childhood.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13238
Subject Headings
Attachment behavior in children, Parent and child--Research, Mother and child, Adjustment (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)