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Early attachment to mothers and fathers: Contributions to preschoolers' emotional regulation
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Children acquire and develop emotional regulatory skills in the context of parent-child
attachment relationships, nonetheless empirical studies have focused mainly on mother
and less information is available regarding the role of both parent-child attachment
relationships. Furthermore, despite its importance, there is no information regarding
preschool years. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the potential influences of
both mother-child and father-child attachments on preschooler’s later emotion regulation
observed in the peer group. Fifty-three Portuguese nuclear families (mother, father and
focal child) participated in the study; 47% of the children were boys and 53% were girls.
Attachment Security was assessed at home using the Attachment Behavior Q-set when
children were 3 years of age, and emotion regulation was observed in the preschool
classrooms attended by the children at age 5, using the California child Q-sort to derive
an Emotion Regulation Q-Scale. Results showed that the combined influence of both
parent-child attachment security predicted better emotion regulation results, than did
the specific contributions of each parent per se. Findings are consistent with integrative
approaches that highlight the value of including both mother- and father-child attachment
relationships, as well as their combined effect, when studying emotion regulation.
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Emotion regulation Attachment relationships Mother and father Peer group Preschool
Citation
Fernandes, C., Fernances, M., Santos, A. J., Antunes, M. , Monteiro, L. , Vaughn, B. E., & Veríssimo, M. (2021). Early attachment to mothers and fathers: Contributions to preschoolers' emotional regulation. Frontiers Psychology, 12, 1-7 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660866
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Frontiers Media S.A.