Is the Maternal Q-Set a Valid Measure of Preschool Child Attachment Behavior?

Autor/inn/en	Moss, Ellen; Bureau, Jean-Francois; Cyr, Chantal; Dubois-Comtois, Karine
Titel	Is the Maternal Q-Set a Valid Measure of Preschool Child Attachment Behavior?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30 (2006) 6, S.488-497 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025406071908
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Mothers; Validity; Preschool Children; Attachment Behavior; Measures (Individuals); Parent Child Relationship; Stress Variables; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Security (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Gültigkeit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Messdaten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit
Abstract	The objective of this study is to examine preschool-age correlates of the maternal version of the Attachment Q-Set (AQS) (Waters & Deane, 1985) in order to provide validity data. Concurrent associations between the Attachment Q-Set and measures of separation-reunion attachment classifications (Cassidy & Marvin, 1992), quality of mother-child interaction, maternal stress, and child externalizing behavior problems were examined for a low-risk sample of 152 preschool children. Results showed that, even after controlling for maternal stress, ambivalent and disorganized children had lower scores on the AQS when compared with the secure group. However, avoidant and controlling children did not differ from secure children in maternal sorts. Significant associations between the maternal Q-Set and affective quality of mother-child interaction were also maintained, when controlling for maternal stress. The AQS was significantly associated with both mother and teacher reported externalizing behavior problem reports, but the association with teacher reports was not maintained when maternal stress was entered in the equation as a covariate. The discussion focuses on the validity of the maternal Q-Set as a measure of child attachment behavior in preschoolers. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10