TY - JOUR
T1 - Early mother–child attachment and behavior problems in middle childhood
T2 - the role of the subsequent caregiving environment
AU - O’Connor, Erin E.
AU - Scott, Marc A.
AU - McCormick, Meghan P.
AU - Weinberg, Sharon L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by Grant HD25451 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. We would like to thank the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network and research staff, who designed and conducted the overall study, and the children, families, and teachers who participated in the study. Additional support was provided by the US Institute for Education Science through grant 305B080019 to New York University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2014/11/2
Y1 - 2014/11/2
N2 - The current study investigated associations between early mother–child attachment, as well as mother–child and teacher–child relationships, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in middle childhood. Data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were used. Findings from a series of individual growth curve analyses revealed that attachment security was negatively related to internalizing and externalizing behaviors, while insecure/other and avoidant attachment were positively related to internalizing behaviors. In addition, longitudinal associations were found between mother–child and teacher–child relationships and internalizing and externalizing behaviors across middle childhood. Implications for attachment theory are discussed.
AB - The current study investigated associations between early mother–child attachment, as well as mother–child and teacher–child relationships, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in middle childhood. Data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were used. Findings from a series of individual growth curve analyses revealed that attachment security was negatively related to internalizing and externalizing behaviors, while insecure/other and avoidant attachment were positively related to internalizing behaviors. In addition, longitudinal associations were found between mother–child and teacher–child relationships and internalizing and externalizing behaviors across middle childhood. Implications for attachment theory are discussed.
KW - behaviors
KW - middle childhood
KW - mother–child attachment
KW - mother–child relationships
KW - teacher–child relationships
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U2 - 10.1080/14616734.2014.937817
DO - 10.1080/14616734.2014.937817
M3 - Article
C2 - 25056807
AN - SCOPUS:84911977016
SN - 1461-6734
VL - 16
SP - 590
EP - 612
JO - Attachment and Human Development
JF - Attachment and Human Development
IS - 6
ER -