Child Care Experience and Attachment Security as Predictors of Children's Social Adjustment at Age Two-and-a-Half.

Autor/inn/en	Harrison, Linda; Ungerer, Judy
Titel	Child Care Experience and Attachment Security as Predictors of Children's Social Adjustment at Age Two-and-a-Half.
Quelle	(1996), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Attachment Behavior; Caregiver Child Relationship; Child Behavior; Emotional Adjustment; Emotional Development; Emotional Response; Foreign Countries; Infant Behavior; Infant Care; Infants; Interpersonal Relationship; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Influence; Parent Role; Peer Relationship; Separation Anxiety; Social Adjustment; Social Behavior; Toddlers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Emotionale Anpassung; Gefühlsbildung; Emotionales Verhalten; Ausland; Säuglingspflege; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Peer-Beziehungen; Trennungsangst; Soziale Anpassung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Infants; Australien
Abstract	This study addressed the argument that early child care constitutes a risk to children's social adaptation, and that for high-risk samples this effect depends on the security of the infant-mother attachment relationship. A longitudinal investigation of 135 first-born children in a low-risk sample was conducted to discern the contribution of child care experience and security of infant-mother attachment on child social competence at age 2.5 years. Detailed descriptions of the families' use of parental and nonparental care from birth to 2.5 years were obtained through parent interviews at infant-age 4, 12, and 30 months. Security of attachment was assessed in the Strange Situation procedure (M. Ainsworth and others) at 12 months. Children's levels of social interaction with adult carers and profiles of social adaptability with peers were derived from observational measures of peer play and child initiations to adults and peers while at play with a familiar peer group. Results suggested that for a low-risk, representative sample, attachment security and early experience of child care are not predictors of child social adaptability. Social interaction patterns in the play setting were most influenced by setting characteristics, including the quality of care, the presence or absence of the mother, the number of children, and by children's patterns of attendance. Contains 10 references. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC