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Macagno, Alessia; Molina, Paola – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
From their origins, Italian early childhood services paid attention to the transition from family to childcare centre, explicitly referring to attachment theory. In the present study, the "Parent Attachment Diary" was adapted and applied within a childcare centre context to examine the development of infants' relationship with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care Centers
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Del Giudice, Marco – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
In this study, new evidence is presented of marked sex differences in the distribution of insecure attachment patterns in middle childhood. Attachment was assessed with the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) in a sample of 122 Italian 7-year-olds. The four-way distribution of attachment patterns was significantly unbalanced, with…
Descriptors: Evidence, Females, Attachment Behavior, Children
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Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Raikes, Helen – Young Children, 2002
Describes the value of nonparental adult-child relationships for infants and toddlers and outlines specific steps that American and Italian educators from relationship-oriented programs rely on to expand on children's relationship dances with their parents. Suggests that educators should initially take the initiative to become attuned to the child…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Care