Do Child-Father and Child-Mother Preschool Insecure Attachment Types Predict the Development of Externalizing Behaviors in Boys and Girls during Middle Childhood?

Autor/inn/en	Deneault, Audrey-Ann; Bureau, Jean-François; Yurkowski, Kim
Titel	Do Child-Father and Child-Mother Preschool Insecure Attachment Types Predict the Development of Externalizing Behaviors in Boys and Girls during Middle Childhood?
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 58 (2022) 7, S.1360-1370 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Deneault, Audrey-Ann) ORCID (Bureau, Jean-François) ORCID (Yurkowski, Kim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001369
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Fathers; Attachment Behavior; Gender Differences; Young Children; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems; Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Social Development; Emotional Development; Canada; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Frühe Kindheit; Prädiktor; Ausland; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Kanada
Abstract	Past meta-analyses show that both child-mother and child-father attachment insecurity are independently and jointly associated with more externalizing behaviors in children. Little is known, however, on the ways that different types of insecure attachment independently and jointly predict the development of externalizing behaviors over time. Existing work also neglects the impact of children's gender within the context of child-father relationships. The current study addresses these limitations by investigating how insecure type of child-father attachment, child-mother attachment, and their interaction in the preschool years predict boys' and girls' externalizing behaviors in middle childhood, when controlling for children's externalizing behaviors in the preschool years. The sample included 144 preschool-aged children (M = 46.89 months, SD = 8.77, 83 girls) and both of their parents. At Time 1, children completed independent separation-reunion procedures with each parent, which were coded using the "Preschool Attachment Rating Scales." At Time 1 and Time 2 (5 years later), mothers and fathers completed the "Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" to report on their children's externalizing behaviors. Results showed no systematic differences in the way that child-mother and child-father attachment predicted the development of externalizing behaviors in boys and girls. Across all children, results identified an interaction of child-father and child-mother ambivalence, by which the presence of ambivalence toward both parents predicted the development of more externalizing behaviors. In addition, child-father controlling-caregiving attachment predicted the development of fewer externalizing behaviors. These results provide insight into the ways that insecure child-father and child-mother attachment predict later socioemotional adaptation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01