Sentences with phrase «reported child attachment»

This study examined self - reported child attachment quality alongside caregivers» report of their own psychological distress, parenting stress and attachment style, amongst 24 children with high - functioning autism or Asperger's disorder (ASD; aged 7 — 14 years) and 24 typically developing children (aged 7 — 12 years), and their primary caregiver.

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The distinction between the nuclear and traditional family was also blurred in the recent report on human sexuality by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) titled Keeping Body and Soul Together: «Although many Christians in the post-World War II era have a special emotional attachment to the nuclear family, with its employed father, mother at home, and two or more school - aged children, that profile currently fits only 5 percent of North American households.»

The studies reported in Infants in Institutions» make it clear that simply providing good physical care without opportunities for strong emotional attachments to meaningful adults permanently cripples the child in his ability to establish relationships of intimacy and trust.

The theory of attachment originated with psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1907 - 1990) whose influential 1951 report to the World Health Organization set the first standard for infant and child care:

Dr. Mayim Bialik, author of Beyond the Sling: A Real - Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way, was interviewed by World Baby Report.

Low family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviews.7

Preparing for parenting, Breastfeeding, Warm and sensitive responsiveness, Nurturing touch, Cosleeping, Positive discipline, Consistent and loving care, and Striving for balance in family and personal life — API's Eight Principles of Parenting — provides a road map for establishing and maintaining secure parent - child attachment for all parents, but parents with limited daily time with their children report that Attachment Parenting is especially necessary to keep their close famattachment for all parents, but parents with limited daily time with their children report that Attachment Parenting is especially necessary to keep their close famAttachment Parenting is especially necessary to keep their close family bonds.

While Katherine and Jacky reported to the Daily Mail that Katherine was the surrogate and had no attachment to baby Caspian, genetically, Katherine is the mother of the child.

In regard to children's attachments to their mothers, based on reports from only 60 % of the mothers, the 51 frequently overnighting infants had more insecure attachments (43 %) than the 219 occasional overnighters (16 %) and the 364 non-overnighters (25 %).

Unfortunately, in a meta - analysis of 139 studies with 13,835 children, the AQS was only found to be valid when trained observers did the rating after observing the mother and child interact for several hours: «It is concluded that the observer AQS, but not the self reported AQS, is a valid measure of attachment» (IJzendoorn et al., 2004, p. 1206).

First, fathers» interactive play during toddlerhood has been longitudinally associated with attachment security in later childhood and adolescence.17 Second, fathers» speech and language interactions with infants have been positively associated with language development, and paternal depression has been shown to adversely impact this process.18, — , 20 Third, discipline practices, such as corporal punishment, have been longitudinally associated with increased child aggressive behavior.21 In addition, paternal depressive symptoms have been longitudinally associated with harsh paternal discipline practices in older children and subsequent child and adolescent maladjustment.11 Finally, as an indicator of fathers» interactions with pediatric providers, we also examined the proportion of depressed fathers that reported talking with their children's doctor within the previous year.

When children were asked, they reported the strongest attachments to smaller dogs, Carlisle found.

«Finding children with autism to be more strongly bonded to smaller dogs, and parents reporting strong attachments between their children and other pets, such as rabbits or cats, serves as evidence that other types of pets could benefit children with autism as well,» Carlisle said.

Creating viable pathways requires addressing the tough issues related to what invites children to learn science (attraction), what causes young people to choose to keep learning mathematics and science (retention), and what then leads students to graduate (persistence) and continue into these disciplines (attachment),» concludes the CEOSE report.

Now a group reports that children who started life as neglected orphans show long - term deficiencies in hormones related to social attachment.

Being empathetic to our children's feelings and experiences helps us to be emotionally connected, and according to research, «adolescents who reported secure attachments primarily with the mother, but also with the father, reported greater ability to empathize with another's situation.»

Public records on a credit report may include information such as judgments, foreclosures, suits, wage attachments, bankruptcies, state and federal tax liens, and past - due child support.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study investigated the effectiveness of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch - up (ABC) intervention in a randomized clinical trial for young children who had been reported to Child Protective Services (CPS).

The targeted parent does not need to file a suspected child abuse report — that report is coming from the mental health professional who has done a standardized assessment of the family's attachment - related pathology.

School - Aged Children's Attachment Dismissal Prospectively Predicts Divergence of Their Behavioral and Self - Reported Anxiety.

The process of non-voluntary immigration, transitioning and acculturating to a new country may have a negative impact on the mental health of immigrants.1 — 3 Postmigration factors (eg, stress, lack of social capital, social isolation and loss of social network) as well as acculturation problems and experiences of discrimination in the host country affect the mental health of the parents and the children.4 5 Moreover, immigrant parents face challenges concerning their role and responsibilities as parents while adjusting to the host country, all of which tend to create stress in parenting.1 3 6 The mental health problems of parents have been reported to be a risk factor for children's behavioural problems and may negatively affect the parent — child attachment and their relationship.7 8 Studies have also shown that parents with mental health problems have a low perceived sense of competence in parenting and may lack the ability to employ positive parenting practises.9 10

Using a story stem interview to assess attachment and children's reports of anxiety symptoms, we found some support for these hypotheses in a sample of 10 — 12 years olds.

Low family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviews.7

An often mis - cited study by Solomon (1997) reported high levels of insecure infant - mother and infant - father attachment when parents lived apart, although toddlers who spent overnights with both their fathers and mothers were not significantly more likely to have insecure relationships than those children who did not have overnight visits with both parents.

Baby Bonds: Parenting, Attachment and a Secure Base for Children, a report released by The Sutton Trust, discusses the importance of caregivers bonding with their cChildren, a report released by The Sutton Trust, discusses the importance of caregivers bonding with their childrenchildren.

Interestingly, Gratz et al14 reported that although there was no direct relationship between maternal BPD symptoms and infant emotion regulation in their sample, there was an indirect relationship, which was mediated by maternal emotional dysfunction, and that this was particularly the case for the large proportion of children in their sample who were classified as having an insecure - resistant attachment style.

AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.

Compared with control children, they had more difficulties with friendships, 29 poorer theory of mind, 16 difficulties labelling and understanding the causes of common emotions, 16 increased fantasy proneness and difficulty distinguishing fantasy and reality, 31 increased negative attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, rumination and self - criticism.32 They also experience difficulties in the mother — child relationship, with four studies reporting high levels of disrupted attachment styles, 21, 29, 31, 32 and in role - play scenarios elevated levels of role - reversal with parents, fear of abandonment, and negative expectations of parents.31 These factors are known to put children at risk of poor mental health outcomes, and indeed, this appears to be the case.

Evaluation results demonstrated both enhanced quality of care and promotion of more - favorable parenting practices related to perceptions of children's behavior at 30 to 33 months, discipline at 30 to 33 months, and health care seeking at 2 to 4 months and 30 to 33 months.4 — 7 In addition, HS reduced income disparities in the use of preventive services and enhanced parents» satisfaction with care at 30 to 33 months.8 Using observational data and a longitudinal sample, Caughy et al9 reported that participation in HS was associated with positive child development outcomes, including greater attachment and fewer child behavior problems when children were 34 to 37 months of age.

The gene - environment interaction effects on attachment reported in the above - cited publications are consistent with Belsky's differential susceptibility hypothesis [112], i.e., children's susceptibility to care - giving experience seems to be moderated by genetic factors.

Kinship foster parents have been documented to be more accepting of these other attachment relationships and, as a result, report better relationships than nonrelated foster parents with the children in their care.76 Finally, an awareness and acceptance of one's racial or ethnic heritage is essential for developing a healthy sense of identity.

Both mothers and fathers may report lower levels of stress, greater satisfaction with their custody arrangement and better attachment to their children when engaged in joint custody arrangements.

Research indicates that depressed mothers, especially when their depression is chronic, are less sensitive with their infants and toddlers, play with and talk to their children less, and provide less supportive and age - appropriate limit setting and discipline than non-depressed mothers.4, 8,9 When mothers report more chronic depressive symptoms, their children are more likely to evidence insecure attachment relationships with them, show less advanced language and cognitive development, be less cooperative, and have more difficulty controlling anger and aggression.8, 9 Lower levels of maternal sensitivity and engagement explain some of these findings.

Finally, Almas et al. (35), in data from their ongoing, random assignment experiment among previously institutionalized Romanian children, report statistical interaction effects of attachment security and EEG activity on the acquisition of social skills.

Numbers of children enrolled in the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch - up (ABC) intervention (n = 100) and in the Developmental Education for Families (DEF) control intervention (n = 112) following completion of preintervention baseline visits are reported.

(2) Because even secure children are considered insecure when their attachment behaviour shows serious signs of disorganization, it is of great relevance for interventions to report not only effects on secure attachment but also effects on disorganized attachment.

Children diagnosed as Combined or Predominantly Hyperactive Impulsive Type had significantly higher scores than those diagnosed as Predominantly Inattentive Type in anxious and avoidant attachment, emotionality, and activity dimensions of temperament, and their parents reported higher levels of controlling styles.

Parents often report to us that traditional psychotherapeutic approaches have not been effective with their severely attachment - disordered children because of their lack of trust and inability to form a working alliance basic to success in therapy.

Parents completed self - report measures of romantic attachment, family cohesion and adaptability and triangulation of the child.

Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated.

Correlates of attachment at school age: maternal reported stress, mother - child interaction, and behavior problems.Child Dev.

Supportiveness was measured using nine items from the trust and communication subscales of the People in My Life (PIML) scale, a self - report measure of child attachment designed and validated for use in middle childhood (6 - 12 years)(Ridenour, Greenberg & Cook, 2006) The validation process used a sample of 10 - 12 year olds to establish that the overall PIML attachment scale was correlated as expected with other measures of children's behavioural and emotional adjustment, as reported by parents, teachers and children themselves.

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Measures included parental report of sleep problems and research visitor observation of separation distress using the Toddler Attachment Sort - 45, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA).

Anxiety levels in clinically referred children and their parents: Examining the unique influence of self - reported attachment styles and interview - based reflective functioning in mothers and fathers.

If they choose option 3, then all of their investigators who respond to these reports will need to learn the attachment - based model of «parental alienation,» thereby further eliminating professional ignorance and incompetence in working with this «special population» of children and families.

Twelve percent of adopted children have ever been diagnosed with attachment disorder; however, 64 % of those parents report having a «very warm and close» relationship with their child.

Seven studies on attachment security / disorganization and child maltreatment in families have been reported, and six studies on attachment in institution - reared children using the (modified) Strange Situation procedure to assess attachment.8 In order to examine the impact of child maltreatment on attachment we compare the studies» combined distribution of attachment patterns to the normative low - risk distribution of attachment (N = 2104, derived from the meta - analysis of Van IJzendoorn, Schuengel, & Bakermans - Kranenburg9): insecure - avoidant (A): 15 %, secure (B): 62 %, insecure - resistant (C): 9 %, and disorganized (D): 15 %.

Of the studies evaluating the effectiveness of attachment - theory - based intervention programs, only two have dealt exclusively with maltreated children and parents who had been reported to child protection services.4, 5 These two studies, noteworthy for their randomized trial method, found a substantial reduction in disorganized attachment behaviours and an increase in secure attachment behaviours among infants and young children resulting from attachment - theory - based interventions.

[3] The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) set up a Task Force to report on the subject of attachment therapy, reactive attachment disorder, and attachment problems.