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The Relationships between Shyness and Unsociability and Peer Difficulties: The Moderating Role of Insecure Attachment
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Chen, Bin-Bin; Santo, Jonathan Bruce – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
The main purpose of the study was to examine the moderating role of the insecure mother-child attachment in the relations between social withdraw and peer difficulties. Participants were 487 urban children (247 boys, 240 girls) in elementary schools in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. Data on attachment-relevant coping styles in insecure…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Attachment Behavior, Peer Relationship, Parent Child Relationship
Attachment between Infants and Mothers in China: Strange Situation Procedure Findings to Date and a New Sample
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Archer, Marc; Steele, Miriam; Lan, Jijun; Jin, Xiaochun; Herreros, Francisca; Steele, Howard – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
The first distribution of Chinese infant-mother (n = 61) attachment classifications categorised by trained and reliability-tested coders is reported with statistical comparisons to US norms and previous Chinese distributions. Three-way distribution was 15% insecure-avoidant, 62% secure, 13% insecure-resistant, and 4-way distribution was 13%…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing
Early Mother-Child Attachment: Longitudinal Prediction to the Quality of Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood
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Seibert, Ashley; Kerns, Kathryn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
Although it is hypothesized that children with different insecure attachment patterns may experience a variety of peer difficulties, the question has been investigated almost exclusively for externalizing and internalizing behaviors with peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate how each of the insecure attachment patterns is related to…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology), Behavior Problems
Is the Ideal Mother a Sensitive Mother? Beliefs about Early Childhood Parenting in Mothers across the Globe
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Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
Attachment Organization and the Early Development of Internal State Language: A Longitudinal Perspective
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Lemche, Erwin; Kreppner, Jana M.; Joraschky, Peter; Klann-Delius, Gisela – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
There are many postulates of a relation between quality of attachment with theory of mind and language functions (e.g., de Rosnay & Hughes, 2006). The current study examined in longitudinal design how different patterns of attachment are associated with usage of internal state language at ages 17, 23, 30 and 36 months. Transcripts of mother-child…
Descriptors: Child Language, Preschool Children, Physiology, Attachment Behavior
The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model: A Model of Bidirectional Effects in Developmental Studies
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Cook, William L.; Kenny, David A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) is a model of dyadic relationships that integrates a conceptual view of interdependence with the appropriate statistical techniques for measuring and testing it. In this article we present the APIM as a general, longitudinal model for measuring bidirectional effects in interpersonal relationships. We…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Models, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers