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The Effect of Attachment Priming on State Attachment Security in Middle Childhood: The Moderating Roles of Trait Attachment and State Attachment Volatility
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Cuyvers, Bien; Verhees, Martine W. F. T.; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Rowe, Angela C. M.; Ceulemans, Eva; Bosmans, Guy – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
Recent studies showed that attachment security can change within persons, suggesting that there might be an interplay between a rather stable (trait) and rather variable (state) part of attachment. The study's first aim was to investigate whether attachment priming could influence the level of state attachment. The second aim was to explore…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology)
Attachment and Maladjustment: The Role of Effortful Control Development during Middle Childhood
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Joke Heylen; Samuel Budniok; Magali Van de Walle; Rudi De Raedt; Patricia Bijttebier; Simon De Winter; Guy Bosmans – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
Latent growth curve modeling was used to investigate the longitudinal link between attachment, effortful control (EC), and maladaptive development during middle childhood. In a community sample, children (Time 1: n = 157; M[subscript age] = 10.91) and their mothers were examined three times over a two-year period. Attachment was operationalized at…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Self Control, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems
Teacher-Child Dependency and Teacher Sensitivity Predict Engagement of Children with Attachment Problems
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Spilt, Jantine L.; Vervoort, Eleonora; Verschueren, Karine – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
It is suggested that dependent teacher-child relationships are associated with emotional insecurity and a lack of autonomous exploration that interferes with children's school development. This might be especially observed among children with attachment problems who may have developed a profound sense of insecurity in relationships with others. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Child Development
Stability and Change in Secure Base Script Knowledge during Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
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Waters, Theodore E. A.; Facompré, Christopher R.; Van de Walle, Magali; Dujardin, Adinda; De Winter, Simon; Heylen, Joke; Santens, Tara; Verhees, Martine; Finet, Chloë; Bosmans, Guy – Developmental Psychology, 2019
There is limited research examining stability and change in attachment security in middle childhood. The current study addresses this gap using data from a 3-year longitudinal study. Specifically, we examined stability and change in secure base script knowledge during middle childhood using a sample of 157 children (Wave 1 mean age [M[subscript…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology), Scores
Comparing Parent-Child and Teacher-Child Relationships in Early Adolescence: Measurement Invariance of Perceived Attachment-Related Dimensions
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De Laet, Steven; Colpin, Hilde; Goossens, Luc; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Verschueren, Karine – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Through an examination of measurement invariance, this study investigated whether attachment-related dimensions (i.e., secure base, safe haven, and negative interactions as measured with the Network of Relationships Inventory-Behavioral Systems Version) have the same psychological meaning for early adolescents in their relationships with parents…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Error of Measurement, Teacher Student Relationship
Unresolved Attachment among Immigrants: An Analysis Using the Adult Attachment Projective
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van Ecke, Yolanda – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2006
Dutch and Belgian immigrants in California have a high rate of unresolved attachment status compared to nonimmigrant Californians, unrelated to their length of time in the United States, to their marriage status, or to their reasons for immigration. In this study, the author analyzes attachment at the representational level by comparing coherence…
Descriptors: Females, Statistical Analysis, Immigrants, Males