TY - JOUR
T1 - Security of Attachment Between Preschoolers and Their Mothers
T2 - Relations Among Social Interaction, Parenting Stress, and Mothers' Sorts of the Attachment Q-Set
AU - Teti, Douglas Michael
AU - Nakagawa, Miyuki
AU - Das Eiden, Rina
AU - Wirth, Oliver
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - Construct validity of maternally derived Attachment Q-Set security scores as indexes of attachment security was examined in this study of preschool-age children. Q-Set security scores related positively to sensitive, involved, flexible mothering and to preschoolers' sociability toward mother during laboratory free-play observations. In addition, Q-Set scores related negatively to children's negative affectivity during free play, which included ratings of their irritability, avoidance and resistance, and assertive/aggressive behaviors. Q-Set security scores were also associated with levels of parenting stress as indexed by the Parenting Stress Index, particularly with dimensions that tap child functioning. Collectively, these findings were consistent with predictions from attachment theory and add to growing evidence in support of the use of the Attachment Q-Set as an index of early attachment.
AB - Construct validity of maternally derived Attachment Q-Set security scores as indexes of attachment security was examined in this study of preschool-age children. Q-Set security scores related positively to sensitive, involved, flexible mothering and to preschoolers' sociability toward mother during laboratory free-play observations. In addition, Q-Set scores related negatively to children's negative affectivity during free play, which included ratings of their irritability, avoidance and resistance, and assertive/aggressive behaviors. Q-Set security scores were also associated with levels of parenting stress as indexed by the Parenting Stress Index, particularly with dimensions that tap child functioning. Collectively, these findings were consistent with predictions from attachment theory and add to growing evidence in support of the use of the Attachment Q-Set as an index of early attachment.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.27.3.440
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.27.3.440
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58149206094
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 27
SP - 440
EP - 447
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 3
ER -