PMID- 29402188
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191021
LR  - 20191022
IS  - 1469-2988 (Electronic)
IS  - 1461-6734 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 5
DP  - 2018 Oct
TI  - Middle Childhood Attachment Strategies: validation of an observational measure.
PG  - 491-513
LID - 10.1080/14616734.2018.1433696 [doi]
AB  - The purpose of this study was to assess behavioral manifestations of attachment 
      in middle childhood, and to evaluate their relations with key theoretical 
      correlates. The sample consisted of 87 children (aged 10-12 years) and their 
      mothers. Dyads participated in an 8-min videotaped discussion of a conflict in 
      their relationships, later scored with the Middle Childhood Attachment Strategies 
      Coding System (MCAS) for key features of all child attachment patterns described 
      in previous literature (secure, ambivalent, avoidant, disorganized-disoriented, 
      caregiving/role-confused, hostile/punitive). To assess validity, relations among 
      MCAS dimensions and other measures of attachment, parenting, and psychological 
      adjustment were evaluated. Results provide preliminary evidence for the 
      psychometric properties of the MCAS in that its behaviorally assessed patterns 
      were associated with theoretically relevant constructs, including maternal 
      warmth/acceptance and psychological control, and children's social competence, 
      depression, and behavioral problems. The MCAS opens new grounds for expanding our 
      understanding of attachment and its outcomes in middle childhood.
FAU - Brumariu, Laura E
AU  - Brumariu LE
AD  - a Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology , Adelphi University , Garden City , NY , 
      USA.
FAU - Giuseppone, Kathryn R
AU  - Giuseppone KR
AD  - a Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology , Adelphi University , Garden City , NY , 
      USA.
FAU - Kerns, Kathryn A
AU  - Kerns KA
AD  - b Department of Psychological Sciences , Kent State University , Kent , OH , USA.
FAU - Van de Walle, Magali
AU  - Van de Walle M
AD  - c School Psychology and Development in Context Research Group , KU Leuven , 
      Leuven , Belgium.
FAU - Bureau, Jean-Francois
AU  - Bureau JF
AD  - d School of Psychology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada.
FAU - Bosmans, Guy
AU  - Bosmans G
AD  - e Parenting and Special Education Research Group , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
FAU - Lyons-Ruth, Karlen
AU  - Lyons-Ruth K
AD  - f Department of Psychiatry , Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital , Boston 
      , MA , USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20180205
PL  - England
TA  - Attach Hum Dev
JT  - Attachment & human development
JID - 100901315
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Depression/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mother-Child Relations
MH  - Mothers/psychology
MH  - *Object Attachment
MH  - Observational Studies as Topic/*methods/*standards
MH  - Parenting/psychology
MH  - Social Skills
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Validation Studies as Topic
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Attachment
OT  - MCAS
OT  - controlling behavior
OT  - middle childhood
OT  - validity
EDAT- 2018/02/07 06:00
MHDA- 2019/10/23 06:00
CRDT- 2018/02/07 06:00
PHST- 2018/02/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/10/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/02/07 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/14616734.2018.1433696 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Attach Hum Dev. 2018 Oct;20(5):491-513. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1433696. Epub 
      2018 Feb 5.