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Borelli, Jessica L.; David, Daryn H.; Crowley, Michael J.; Snavely, Jonathan E.; Mayes, Linda C. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
The tendency to perceive caregivers in highly positive terms and to perceive the self as strong and problem-free are two facets of the positive bias characteristic of a dismissing attachment classification in adulthood. However, this link has not yet been examined in children. We evaluated the association between dismissing attachment and positive…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Caring
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Kearney, Joan A.; Britner, Preston A.; Farrell, Anne F.; Robinson, JoAnn L. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
Maternal resolution of a child's diagnosis relates to sensitive caregiving and healthy attachment. Failure to resolve is associated with maternal distress, high caregiving burden, and the quality of marital and social support. This study examined maternal resolution of diagnosis in a child psychiatric population utilizing the Reaction to Diagnosis…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mother Attitudes, Identification, Young Children
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Muris, Peter; Maas, Anneke – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2004
The current study examined attachment style, strengths, and difficulties in institutionalized and non-institutionalized children with below-average intellectual abilities. Parents/caregivers and teachers of the children completed a brief measure of attachment style and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, which assesses the most important…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Caregivers, Prosocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior