Perceptions of maternal and paternal attachment security in middle childhood: links with positive parental affection and psychosocial adjustment

References

• Achenbach , T.M. and Rescorla , L.A. 2001 . Manual for ASEBA school‐age forms & profiles , Burlington, VT : University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families .
   Google Scholar
• Ainsworth , M.D.S. 1973 . “ The development of infant–mother attachment ” . In Review of child development research , Edited by: Caldwell , B.M. and Ricciuti , H.N. 1 – 94 . Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ainsworth , M.D.S. 1990 . “ Some considerations regarding theory and assessment relevant to attachment beyond infancy ” . In Attachment in the preschool years: Theory, research, and intervention , Edited by: Greenberg , M.T. , Cichetti , D. and Cummings , E.M. 463 – 488 . Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ainsworth , M.S. and Bowlby , J. 1991 . An ethological approach to personality development . American Psychologist , 46 : 333 – 341 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barnes , G.M. and Farrell , M.P. 1992 . Parental support and control as predictors of adolescent drinking, delinquency, and related problem behaviors . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 54 : 763 – 776 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bowlby , J. 1973 . Attachment and loss: Separation, anxiety and anger , (Vol. 2) , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Bowlby , J. 1979 . The making and breaking of affectional bonds , London : Tavistock .
   Google Scholar
• Bowlby , J. 1980 . Attachment and loss: Sadness and depression , (Vol. 3) , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Bowlby , J. 1982 . Attachment and loss: Attachment , (Vol. 1) , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Cabrera , N.J. , Shannon , J.D. and Tamis‐LeMonda , C. 2007 . Fathers’ influence on their children’s cognitive and emotional development: From toddlers to pre‐k . Applied Developmental Science , 11 : 208 – 213 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clarke , L. , Ungerer , J. , Chahoud , K. , Johnson , S. and Stiefel , I. 2002 . Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with attachment insecurity . Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 7 : 179 – 198 .
   Google Scholar
• Coleman , P.K. 2003 . Perceptions of parent–child attachment, social self‐efficacy, and peer relationships in middle childhood . Infant and Child Development , 12 : 351 – 368 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deković , M. 1999 . Risk and protective factors in the development of problem behavior during adolescence . Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 28 : 667 – 685 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deković , M. , Buist , K.L. and Reitz , E. 2004 . Stability and changes in problem behavior during adolescence: Latent growth analysis . Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 33 : 1 – 12 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Wolff , M.S. and van IJzendoorn , M.H. 1997 . Sensitivity and attachment: A meta‐analysis on parental antecedents of infant attachment . Child Development , 68 : 571 – 591 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fagot , B.I. and Kavanagh , K. 1990 . The prediction of antisocial behavior from avoidant attachment classifications . Child Development , 61 : 864 – 873 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Finnegan , R.A. , Hodges , E.V.E. and Perry , D.G. 1996 . Preoccupied and avoidant coping during middle childhood . Child Development , 67 : 1318 – 1328 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman , R. 1997 . The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 38 : 581 – 586 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman , R. , Ford , T. , Simmons , H. , Gatward , R. and Meltzer , H. 2003 . Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample . International Review of Psychiatry , 15 : 166 – 172 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman , R. and Scott , S. 1999 . Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist: Is small beautiful? . Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 27 : 17 – 24 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Granot , D. and Mayseless , O. 2001 . Attachment security and adjustment to school in middle childhood . International Journal of Behavioural Development , 25 : 530 – 541 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grossmann , K. , Grossmann , K.E. , Fremmer‐Bombik , H.K. , Scheuerer‐Englisch , H. and Zimmerman , P. 2002 . The uniqueness of the child–father attachment relationship: Fathers’ sensitive and challenging play as a pivotal variable in a 16‐year longitudinal study . Social Development , 11 : 307 – 331 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Greenberg , M.T. 1999 . “ Attachment and psychopathology in childhood ” . In Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications , Edited by: Cassidy , J. and Shaver , P.R. 469 – 496 . New York : Guilford Press .
   Google Scholar
• Kenny , M.E. and Donaldson , G. 1991 . Contributions of parental attachment and family structure to the social and psychological functioning of first‐year college students . Journal of Counseling Psychology , 38 : 479 – 486 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kenny , M.E. , Lomax , R. , Brabeck , M. and Fife , J. 1998 . Longitudinal pathways linking adolescent reports of maternal and paternal attachments to psychological well‐being . Journal of Early Adolescence , 18 : 221 – 243 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kenny , M.E. , Moilanen , D. , Lomax , R. and Brabeck , M.M. 1993 . Contributions of parental attachments to depressogenic cognitions and depressive symptoms among early adolescents . Journal of Early Adolescence , 13 : 408 – 430 .
   Google Scholar
• Kerns , K.A. and Barth , J.M. 1995 . Attachment and play: Convergence across components of parent–child relationships and their relations to peer competence . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 12 : 243 – 60 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kerns , K.A. , Klepac , L. and Cole , A.K. 1996 . Peer relationships and preadolescents’ perceptions of security in the mother–child relationship . Developmental Psychology , 32 : 457 – 466 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kerns , K.A. , Schlegelmilch , A. , Morgan , T.A. and Abraham , M.M. 2005 . “ Assessing attachment in middle childhood ” . In Attachment in middle childhood , Edited by: Kerns , K.A. and Richardson , R.A. 46 – 70 . New York : Guilford .
   Google Scholar
• Kerns , K.A. , Tomich , P.L. , Aspelmeier , J.E. and Contreras , J.M. 2000 . Attachment based assessments of parent–child relationships in middle childhood . Developmental Psychology , 36 : 614 – 626 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuppens , S. , Grietens , H. , Onghena , P. and Michiels , D. 2009 . Measuring parenting dimensions in middle childhood: Multitrait‐multimethod analysis of child, mother, and father ratings . European Journal of Psychological Assessment , 25 : 133 – 140 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laible , D.J. , Carlo , G. and Raffaelli , M. 2000 . The differential relations of parent and peer attachment to adolescent adjustment . Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 29 : 45 – 59 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Leaper , C. 2002 . “ Parenting girls and boys ” . In Handbook of parenting 1: Children and parenting , Edited by: Bornstein , M. 189 – 225 . Mahwah, NJ : Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Lecroy , C.W. 1988 . Parent–adolescent intimacy: Impact on adolescent functioning . Adolescence , 23 : 137 – 147 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis , C. and Lamb , M.E. 2003 . Fathers’ influences on children’s development: The evidence from two‐parent families . European Journal of Psychology of Education , 2 : 211 – 228 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Muris , P. and Maas , A. 2004 . Strengths and difficulties as correlates of attachment in institutionalized and non‐institutionalized children with below‐average intellectual abilities . Child Psychiatry and Human Development , 34 : 317 – 328 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Olson , S. 1996 . “ Developmental perspectives ” . In Hyperactivity disorders of childhood. Cambridge monographs in child and adolescent psychiatry , Edited by: Sandberg , S. 149 – 194 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Schneider , B.H. , Atkinson , L. and Tardiff , C. 2001 . Child–parent attachment and children’s peer relations: A quantitative review . Developmental Psychology , 37 : 86 – 100 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simons , K.J. , Paternite , C.E. and Shore , C. 2001 . Quality of parent/adolescent attachment and aggression in young adolescents . Journal of Early Adolescence , 21 : 182 – 203 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Skovgaard , A.M. , Houmann , T. , Christiansen , E. , Landorph , C. , Jørgensen , T. CCC 2000 Study Team . 2007 . The prevalence of mental health problems in children 1½ years of age – the Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000 . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 48 : 62 – 70 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sroufe , L.A. 1989 . “ Pathways to adaptation and maladaptation: Psychopathology as developmental deviation ” . In The emergence of a discipline: Rochester symposium on developmental psychopathology , Edited by: Cicchetti , D. Vol. 1 , 261 – 294 . Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Sroufe , L.A. , Egeland , B. , Carlson , E. and Collins , W.A. 2005 . “ Placing early attachment experiences in developmental context ” . In Attachment from infancy to adulthood: The major longitudinal studies , Edited by: Grossmann , K.E. , Grossmann , K. and Waters , E. 48 – 70 . New York : Guilford Publications .
   Google Scholar
• Stormshak , E.A. , Bierman , K.L. , McMahon , R.J. , Lengua , L.L. and Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group . 2000 . Parenting practices and child disruptive behaviour problems in early elementary school . Journal of Clinical Child Psychology , 29 : 17 – 29 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suess , G.J. , Grossman , K.E. and Sroufe , L.A. 1992 . Effects of infant attachment to mother and father on quality of adaptation in preschool: From dyadic to individual organization of self . International Journal of Behavioural Development , 15 : 43 – 65 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Leeuwen , K.G. and Vermulst , A.A. 2004 . Some psychometric properties of the Ghent Parental Behavior Scale . European Journal of Psychological Assessment , 20 : 283 – 298 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Widenfelt , B.M. , Goedhart , A.W. , Treffers , P.D.A. and Goodman , R. 2003 . Dutch version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 12 : 281 – 289 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verschueren , K. and Marcoen , A. 2002 . Perceptions of self and relationship with parents in aggressive and nonaggressive rejected children . Journal of School Psychology , 40 : 501 – 522 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams , S.K. and Kelly , F.D. 2005 . Relationships among involvement, attachment, and behavioral problems in adolescence: Examining father’s influence . Journal of Early Adolescence , 25 : 168 – 196 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zimmer‐Gembeck , M.J. , Geiger , T.C. and Crick , N.R. 2005 . Relational and physical aggression, prosocial behavior, and peer relations: Gender moderation and bidirectional associations . Journal of Early Adolescence , 25 : 421 – 452 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar