Predicting preschoolers' attachment security from parenting behaviours, parents' attachment relationships and their use of social support

Associations between preschoolers' attachment security, parenting behaviours (i.e. parent-child involvement, parenting consistency and co-parenting consistency) and parenting context (i.e. parents' internal working models (IWMs) and use of social support) were examined in a sample of 235 c...

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Published in:Early child development and care 2010-05, Vol.180 (4), p.499-512
Main Authors: Coyl, Diana D., Newland, Lisa A., Freeman, Harry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Attachment Scale
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Attachment Q Set
child attachment security
Child Rearing
Context Effect
Correlation
Interpersonal Relationship
Parental attachment
Parenting
parenting behaviours
Parenting Styles
Parents
parents' attachment relationships
Preschool Children
Questionnaires
Rural Areas
Social support
Social Support Groups
Suburbs
United States (Midwest)
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Summary:Associations between preschoolers' attachment security, parenting behaviours (i.e. parent-child involvement, parenting consistency and co-parenting consistency) and parenting context (i.e. parents' internal working models (IWMs) and use of social support) were examined in a sample of 235 culturally diverse families. The authors predicted that parenting behaviours would mediate associations between children's attachment security and less proximal parenting context. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires regarding their parenting behaviours, IWMs of adult relationships, their use of social support and an attachment Q-List to assess their children's attachment security. Parenting behaviours mediated the relationship between parenting context and children's attachment security. Findings support an ecological view of children's attachment security within a multilayered system.
ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430802090463