This study examined whether the quality of attachment to father is independent or not of the quality of attachment to mother, and the effects of representations of child-parents for children's socioemotional competence, adjustment ability at the child...
This study examined whether the quality of attachment to father is independent or not of the quality of attachment to mother, and the effects of representations of child-parents for children's socioemotional competence, adjustment ability at the children's educational center and the relationship between child-parent relationship. The representations of attachment were assessed by an Attachment Story Completion task, completed once for father and once for mother(in counterbalanced order). 130 children, aged between 4 and 5 years took place in this study.
The mean attachment security score for father and mother was not significant differences. 90.1% of the participants were classified into the same attachment category for father and mother(both secure or both insecure). And 9.9% was 90.1% of the participants had discordant attachment classifications. It was found that children with two insecure attachment showed more confliction in parent-child relationship, more anxious-aggressive behavior, less social competence and less adjustment ability at children's educational center than children with two secure attachment.