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Correlates of attachment at school age: maternal reported stress, mother-child interaction, and behavior problems.
Child Dev. 1998 Oct; 69(5):1390-405.CD

Abstract

The contribution of attachment, maternal reported stress, and mother-child interaction to the prediction of teacher-reported behavior problems was examined for a French-Canadian sample of 121 school-age children. Attachment classifications were assigned on the basis of reunion behavior with mother when the children were between 5 and 7 years of age. Maternal reported stress and mother-child interaction patterns were assessed concurrent to the attachment measure, whereas behavior problems were evaluated both at ages 5 to 7 and 7 to 9 years. Security of attachment significantly predicted the likelihood of school-age behavior problems: Controlling/other children were most at risk for both externalizing and internalizing problems across both age periods. Younger ambivalent children presented clinical cut-off levels of externalizing problems, and older avoidant boys had higher internalizing scores. Patterns of maternal-reported stress and mother-child interaction differed across attachment groups and contributed to prediction of school-age behavior problems, partially mediating the relation between attachment and adaptation. Results support the importance of attachment in explaining school-age adaptation and validity of attachment coding for children of this age.

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Moss E
Department of Psychology, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. moss.ellen@uqam.ca
Rousseau D
No affiliation info available
Parent S
No affiliation info available
St-Laurent D
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Saintonge J
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MeSH

AdultChildChild Behavior DisordersChild, PreschoolDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMaternal BehaviorMother-Child RelationsMothersObject AttachmentPsychological TestsStress, Psychological

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9839423

Citation

Moss, E, et al. "Correlates of Attachment at School Age: Maternal Reported Stress, Mother-child Interaction, and Behavior Problems." Child Development, vol. 69, no. 5, 1998, pp. 1390-405.
Moss E, Rousseau D, Parent S, et al. Correlates of attachment at school age: maternal reported stress, mother-child interaction, and behavior problems. Child Dev. 1998;69(5):1390-405.
Moss, E., Rousseau, D., Parent, S., St-Laurent, D., & Saintonge, J. (1998). Correlates of attachment at school age: maternal reported stress, mother-child interaction, and behavior problems. Child Development, 69(5), 1390-405.
Moss E, et al. Correlates of Attachment at School Age: Maternal Reported Stress, Mother-child Interaction, and Behavior Problems. Child Dev. 1998;69(5):1390-405. PubMed PMID: 9839423.
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