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Development in Context: What We Need to Know to Assess Children's Attachment Relationships
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Schmidt, Wiebke Johanna; Keller, Heidi; Rosabal Coto, Mariano – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Attachment studies mostly follow the Western middle-class model in theory and methods. To demonstrate that the assessment of children's caregiving context is an often neglected, but crucial prerequisite for attachment studies, we (a) conducted a literature analysis of attachment research in non-Western contexts and (b) empirically investigated the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Attachment Behavior, Cultural Differences, Infants
Comparing Measures of Attachment: "To Whom One Turns in Times of Stress," Parental Warmth, and Partner Satisfaction
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Lindberg, Marc A.; Fugett, April; Thomas, Stuart W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2012
The Attachment and Clinical Issues Questionnaire (ACIQ; M. A. Lindberg & S. W. Thomas, 2011), was developed over an 18-year period containing 29 scales. The purpose of the present study was to test (a) the validity of the attachment scales in terms of how they predict to whom one turns in times of stress and for affective sharing, and (b) how the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Validity, Attachment Behavior, Measures (Individuals)
Parental Relations, Mental Health, and Delinquency in Adolescents.
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Pederson, Willy – Adolescence, 1994
A shortened version of the Parental Bonding Instrument, used in a sample of Norwegian adolescents, aged 15-19, indicated that adolescents' perceptions of mothers' and fathers' care and control/overprotection were related to measures of both depression/anxiety and delinquency. Scores may indicate risks in a broad range of psychosocial problems.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes
The Fathering Indicators Framework: A Tool for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis.
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Gadsden, Vivian, Ed.; Fagan, Jay, Ed.; Ray, Aisha, Ed.; Davis, James Earl, Ed. – 2001
The Fathering Indicators Framework (FIF) is an evaluation tool designed to help researchers, practitioners, and policymakers conceptualize, examine, and measure change in fathering behaviors in relation to child and family well-being. This report provides a detailed overview of the research and theory informing the development of the FIF. The FIF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Antisocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Children