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O'Connor, Erin; McCartney, Kathleen – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Associations between maternal attachment patterns and cognitive skills at first grade were examined, and mediators of identified associations tested using Phase I and II data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Care and Youth Development, a prospective study of 1364 children and families from birth…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Testing, Mothers, Attachment Behavior
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Diener, Marissa L.; Isabella, Russell A.; Behunin, Melissa G.; Wong, Maria S. – Social Development, 2008
Attachment relationships of first, third, and fifth graders with their mothers and fathers, and their associations with self-perceived and teacher-rated competence, were investigated. Children rated their attachment security with mothers and fathers using the Kerns security scale. Children's perceptions of academic and peer competence were…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Mothers, Grade 1
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McElwain, Nancy L.; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Wu, Xiaoying; Dyer, W. Justin – Child Development, 2008
This study identified mechanisms through which child-mother attachment security at 36 months was associated with mother- and teacher-reported friendship quality at 3rd grade. Data from a subsample of 1,071 children (536 boys) participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth…
Descriptors: Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Child Health, Attachment Behavior
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Vando, Jessica; Rhule-Louie, Dana M.; McMahon, Robert J.; Spieker, Susan J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
We examined the extent to which infant attachment status is directly related to child conduct problems 6 years later, and assessed the potential mediating roles of hostile parenting and maternal depression. The sample included 84 adolescent mothers and their children (45 girls, 39 boys). Infant attachment status was assessed using the Strange…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mothers, Child Rearing, Infants
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O'Connor, Erin; McCartney, Kathleen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
The current study was conducted to examine associations between children's maternal attachments and the quality of their relationships with teachers at 3 time points. The quality of the teacher-child relationship at 54 months, kindergarten, and 1st grade was regressed on blocks of predictors that included maternal attachment at 15, 24, and 36…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship, Young Children
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Developmental Psychology, 2006
The relations between early infant-mother attachment and children's social competence and behavior problems during the preschool and early school-age period were examined in more than 1,000 children under conditions of decreasing, stable, and increasing maternal parenting quality. Infants' Strange Situation attachment classifications predicted…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Interpersonal Competence, Child Rearing, Behavior Problems