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Child-Father Attachment in Early Childhood and Behavior Problems: A Meta-Analysis
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Deneault, Audrey-Ann; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Groh, Ashley M.; Fearon, Pasco R. M.; Madigan, Sheri – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
This meta-analytic study examined the associations between child-father attachment in early childhood and children's externalizing and internalizing behavior problems. Based on 15 samples (N = 1,304 dyads), the association between child-father attachment insecurity and externalizing behaviors was significant and moderate in magnitude (r = 0.18,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Behavior Problems
Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment as Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems: An Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis
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Dagan, Or; Schuengel, Carlo; Verhage, Marije L.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Madigan, Sheri; Duschinsky, Robbie; Roisman, Glenn I.; Bernard, Kristin; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian; Bureau, Jean-François; Volling, Brenda L.; Wong, Maria S.; Colonnesi, Cristina; Brown, Geoffrey L.; Eiden, Rina D.; Fearon, R. M. Pasco; Oosterman, Mirjam; Aviezer, Ora; Cummings, E Mark – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
An unsettled question in attachment theory and research is the extent to which children's attachment patterns with mothers and fathers "jointly" predict developmental outcomes. In this study, we used individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to assess whether early attachment networks with mothers and fathers are associated with…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
Attachment and Socioemotional Problems in Middle Childhood
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Moss, Ellen; Lecompte, Vanessa – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
In this article, we will evaluate the evidence concerning links between attachment and behavior problems in the middle childhood period. We will first provide a general introduction to the question of attachment and maladaptation in the middle childhood period, and then examine the recent empirical evidence with respect to both externalizing and…
Descriptors: Children, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence
Parenting Cognitions and Parent-Child Conflict: Current Issues and Future Directions.
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Rudy, Duane D.; Grusec, Joan E. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Emphasizes the need for basic investigations into the nature of parental beliefs and the need to distinguish conscious and automatic belief processes. Suggests an individual-differences approach nesting automatic beliefs within emotions and attachment and possible research methodologies. Examines the mediating role of cultural differences in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Beliefs, Child Rearing