Facets of Care in Youth: Attachment, Relationships with Care Workers and the Residential Care Environment

Figures & data

Table 1. Normality of the study variables (N = 248).

Variables	Skew	Kur
1. Caregiving Environment Satisfaction	−.323	−.511
2. Quality of Relationships with Care workers	−.955	.715
3. Proximity-Seeking (VASQ)	−.301	.437
4. Insecurity (VASQ)	−.003	−.241

Table 2. Correlation between study variables, mean and standard deviation (N = 248).

Variables	1	2	3	4
1. Caregiving Environment Satisfaction	-
2. Quality of Relationships with Care workers	.641**	-
3. Proximity-Seeking (VASQ)	.338**	.414**	-
4. Insecurity (VASQ)	−.340**	−.245**	.028	-
Cutoff M	2.88	4.46	33.10 3.31	35.16 2.93
SD	.71	1.08	.72	.76

Note: **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Figure 1. A mediational model of the quality of relationships with caregivers in the association between attachment and youth satisfaction with the caregiving environment.