Psychological Development and Education ›› 2002, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 36-40.

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4-6th Graders’Attachment to Parents and Its Associations with Peers Relations

YU Hai-qing1, ZHOU Zong-kui2   

  1. School of education, Huazhong University of Science and Techonology, China 430074
  • Online:2002-10-15 Published:2002-10-15

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Abstract: This study examined the developmental changes in 4th,5th,6th graders' attachment security to parents and the respective role of child-mother and child-father attachment on children's different domains of social functioning.Results showed that children's perceptions of parental availability and attachment to mother decreased significantly with age.Attachment to mother and father differs,too.While children's access to parents and attachment to father didn't differ as a function of age.It was found that social behaviors and nominations of best friends were better predicted by the quality of child-mother attachment than by that of child-father attachment.Friendship quality and social anxiety were related to attachment to both mother and father.Children with two secure attachments had advantage over others.

Key words: attachment security, friendship quality, social anxiety, social behaviors, primary school studenrs

CLC Number: 

  • B842.6
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