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Jankowska, Anna M.; Lewandowska-Walter, A.; Chalupa, A. A.; Jonak, Jolanta; Duszynski, Ramzia; Mazurkiewicz, N. – School Psychology Forum, 2015
Altered family experiences place children in foster care at risk for school adjustment difficulties. This study focuses on exploring the differences in school adaptation, locus of control, depression symptoms, and attachment styles among children in foster care and children raised by their biological parents. Sixty children completed self-report…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Locus of Control, Student Adjustment, Depression (Psychology)
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Abela, John R. Z.; Zinck, Suzanne; Kryger, Shelley; Zilber, Irene; Hankin, Benjamin L. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study examined whether negative attachment cognitions moderate the association between the onset of depressive symptoms in children and their parents using a high-risk sample (parents with a history of major depressive episodes and their children) and a multiwave longitudinal design. During the initial assessment, 140 children (ages 6-14)…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship
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Gullone, Eleonora; Ollendick, Thomas H.; King, Neville J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
We investigated the relationships among attachment representation, social withdrawal, and depressive symptomatology in childhood. A total of 326 children aged 8 to 10 years participated in the study. Children completed a family drawing procedure to assess attachment representation, the Children's Depression Inventory and the Social Withdrawal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Children, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)