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Colonnesi, Cristina; Wissink, Inge B.; Noom, Marc J.; Asscher, Jessica J.; Hoeve, Machteld; Stams, Geert Jan J. M.; Polderman, Nelleke; Kellaert-Knol, Marijke G. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objectives: We evaluated a new attachment-oriented intervention aimed at improving parental mind-mindedness, promoting positive parent-child relationships, and reducing child psychopathology in families with adopted children. Method: The sample consisted of 20 families with adopted children (2-5 years of age). After the pretest, the intervention…
Descriptors: Adoption, Parent Child Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit), Young Children
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Michiels, D.; Grietens, H.; Onghena, P.; Kuppens, S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study aimed at determining whether paternal parenting behaviours (attachment and positive affection) added significant information on children's psychosocial adjustment beyond that provided by maternal reports. Five hundred and fifty-two children (fourth through sixth graders) from a non-clinical sample completed a brief measure of perceived…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Hyperactivity, Parent Child Relationship, Preadolescents
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Al-Yagon, Michal – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009
The present study examined how vulnerability and protective factors at the individual level (child's disabilities; patterns of attachment), and at the family level (fathers'/mothers' affect), help explain differences in socioemotional and behavioural adjustment among children aged 8-12 years with comorbid learning disability (LD) and attention…
Descriptors: Mothers, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Moss, Ellen; Bureau, Jean-Francois; Cyr, Chantal; Mongeau, Chantal; St-Laurent, Diane – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study examined correlates of attachment at age 3 to further validate preschool separation-reunion measures. Three-year-olds (N = 150) and their mothers participated in a separation-reunion protocol, the Preschool Attachment Classification System (PACS: J. Cassidy & R. S. Marvin with the MacArthur Working Group on Attachment, 1992), and a…
Descriptors: Interaction, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Mothers
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Pinto, Carmen; Turton, Penelope; Hughes, Patricia; White, Sarah; Gillberg, Christopher – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: To examine whether infant disorganized attachment predicts ADHD at school age. Method: A cohort of 53 children who had been identified as having significant levels of disorganized attachment in infancy is compared to a control group. Symptoms and signs of ADHD at age 7 are evaluated together with a range of relevant maternal variables.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Predictor Variables, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Garbarino, Jennifer; Thompson, Bruce – 2000
This study explored the development of attachment bonds in adolescents with diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or conduct disorder (CD). Participants included 102 mother/adolescent-child dyads from both rural and metropolitan areas and from six states. Subjects had received an ADHD diagnosis, a CD diagnosis, or a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders