Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Early childhood attachment stability to mothers, fathers, and both parents as a network: associations with parents' wellbeing, marital relationship, and child behavior problems. |
| Authors: |
Paquette, Daniel, Dubois-Comtois, Karine, Cyr, Chantal, Lemelin, Jean-Pascal, Bacro, Fabien, Couture, Sophie, Bigras, Marc |
| Source: |
Attachment & Human Development. Feb2024, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p66-94. 29p. |
| Subjects: |
Research funding, Attachment behavior, Parent-child relationships, Descriptive statistics, Chi-squared test, Analysis of covariance, Multivariate analysis, Longitudinal method, Marital status, Analysis of variance, Child Behavior Checklist, Psychology of parents, Comparative studies, Well-being, Child behavior |
| Geographic Terms: |
Québec (Province) |
| Abstract: |
This study examines the stability of child attachment to mothers and fathers separately, and to both parents as a network between the infancy and preschool periods using a sample of 143 biparental families and their children (73 boys) recruited from the general population. Attachment was assessed at 15 months with the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) and at 45 months with the Preschool Attachment Classification Coding System (PACS). First, results show no stability in attachment to mothers, to fathers, or to both parents as a network. Second, parents’ mental health, life satisfaction, marital satisfaction, and child externalizing behavior are associated with attachment stability. Taken altogether, group comparisons reveal that children with a stable secure attachment to both parents as a network have parents with higher levels of well-being and exhibit less problem behaviors than children with 1) a stable secure attachment to one parent and an unstable attachment to the other parent (from secure to insecure or from insecure to secure), or 2) who never had a stable secure attachment to either parent. This study highlights the significance of attachment to both parents as a network over time as it is associated with developmental outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
