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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Attachment behavior in children"”.
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The young school-age assessment of attachment (YSAA): Development and preliminary validation
… manuscript describes the development and preliminary validation of a new assessment procedure called the Young School-age Assessment of Attachment (YSAA). The tool has clinical as well as research relevance in that it identifies the attachment strategies of children aged 5-7 years as well as …
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Behavioural problems of children in foster care as affected by attachment to and visitation with biological parents
The following paper examines the literature on attachment and children in foster care to form the foundation for a study of the effects of attachment and visitation on the behavioural problems of these children. It begins with an overview of the area of attachment, focusing on the work of Bowlby, …
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Attachment Self-report Questionnaires : Refining the Method
<p>Attachment theory defines attachment as a context-specific behavioral system (Bowlby, 1969). Specifically, attachment behaviors and cognition become activated when an individual is in an environment that is anxiety provoking or stressful and they cease when that individual obtains relief from …
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Quality of Attachment As a Predictor of Parental Visitation When a Young Child or Infant is Hospitalized
The Problem. This study examined factors predicting parental visitation with hospitalized children. It was hypothesized that parental visitation and rooming-in decisions would be predicted by quality of attachment, socioeconomic status, parental anxiety, and family and child characteristics. …
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The Effect of Attachment on Preschooler's Emotion Understanding
… study was to identify the relationship between attachment and emotion understanding in preschoolers. Data was collected from 16 preschool children and their mothers recruited from a private learning center in a downtown metropolitan area. Attachment was measured by use of the Attachment Q-sort, …
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An exploration of the effects of sexual abuse on foster children's social development as measured by attachment constructs
… child sexual abuse and its impact on foster children's social development as measured by attachment constructs. The study addressed issues relating to direct practice with children who have been sexually abused and are receiving services in the foster care system. The study used a positivist …