The Structural Relationships of Social Support, Mother's Psychological Status, and Maternal Sensitivity to Attachment Security in Children with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Eun Sil; Kim, Byeong Seok
Titel	The Structural Relationships of Social Support, Mother's Psychological Status, and Maternal Sensitivity to Attachment Security in Children with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 10 (2009) 4, S.561-573 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-009-9043-y
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Marital Satisfaction; Mental Retardation; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Attachment Behavior; Depression (Psychology); Social Support Groups; Parent Influence; Psychological Patterns; Parent Child Relationship; Disabilities; Structural Equation Models; Questionnaires; Stress Variables; Child Rearing; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Geistige Behinderung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Handicap; Behinderung; Fragebogen; Kindererziehung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore how social support, mother's psychological status, and maternal sensitivity affected attachment security in children with disabilities by using the structural equation model (SEM). Subjects were 141 pairs of children with disabilities and theirs mothers. Empirical data was obtained through a series of questionnaires such as marital satisfaction, support from people around, maternal depression, and parenting stress. In addition, maternal sensitivity and attachment security were obtained through a Maternal Behavior Q-set and an Attachment Behavior Q-set. The results were as follows: first, mother's psychological status was fully mediated by social support and maternal sensitivity. Secondly, mother's psychological status had a negative effect on maternal sensitivity, while her maternal sensitivity, in turn, had a positive effect on the child's attachment security. However, maternal sensitivity did not fully mediate between a mother's psychological status and the child's attachment security. These structural relationships were not different between children with pervasive developmental disorders and mental retardation. There were also no significant differences in the structural paths according to children's developmental age. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10