ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Early Attachment to Mothers and Fathers: Contributions to Preschoolers' Emotional Regulation.
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- Relation between Attachment and Obesity in Preschool Years: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- A Parent-Focused Intervention Programme to Promote Socio-Emotional Well-Being of Preschool Children: "Hug and Change".Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Infant Regulatory Problems and Subsequent Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations of childhood economic and psychosocial conditions with later-life cognitive function: a longitudinal analysis of the China health and retirement longitudinal study (2011-2020).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Attachment, Emotional Regulation, and Perceived Academic Efficacy in Adolescence: A Basis for Psychoeducational Intervention.Psychosocial intervention · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the attachment insecurity screening inventory 2-5 years: a preliminary study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The Indirect Effects of Fathers' Parenting Style and Parent Emotion Regulation on the Relationship Between Father Self-Efficacy and Children's Mental Health Difficulties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Insecure Attachment on Emotional Dependence on a Partner: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotional Rejection.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
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
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