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Chen, Bin-Bin; Chang, Lei – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
By integrating the life history theory of attachment with resource control theory, the current study examines the hypothesis that insecure attachment styles reorganized in middle childhood are alternative adaptive strategies used to prepare for upcoming competition with the peer group. A sample of 654 children in the second through seventh grades…
Descriptors: Children, Attachment Behavior, Peer Groups, Foreign Countries