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Developmental patterns in security of attachment to mother and father in late childhood and early adolescence: associations with peer relations.

Author(s): Lieberman M, Doyle AB, Markiewicz D

Child Dev. 1999 Jan-Feb;70(1):202-13 Authors: Lieberman M, Doyle AB, Markiewicz D

Article GUID: 10191523
Parental socialization, vagal regulation, and preschoolers' anxious difficulties: direct mothers and moderated fathers.

Author(s): Hastings PD, Sullivan C, McShane KE, Coplan RJ, Utendale WT, Vyncke JD

Child Dev. 2008 Jan-Feb;79(1):45-64 Authors: Hastings PD, Sullivan C, McShane KE, Coplan RJ, Utendale WT, Vyncke JD

Article GUID: 18269508
Attention-seeking during caregiver unavailability and collaboration at age 2.

Author(s): Gosselin MP, Forman DR

Child Dev. 2012 Mar-Apr;83(2):712-27 Authors: Gosselin MP, Forman DR

Article GUID: 22288442
Title:Attention-seeking during caregiver unavailability and collaboration at age 2.
Authors:Gosselin MP,  Forman DR
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22288442?dopt=Abstract
Category:Child Dev
PMID:22288442
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, 7141 Sherbrooke W, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6. mpgosselin@gmail.com

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Attention-seeking during caregiver unavailability and collaboration at age 2.

Child Dev. 2012 Mar-Apr;83(2):712-27

Authors: Gosselin MP, Forman DR

Abstract

Several theoretical approaches have discussed the role of children's expectations of their parent's responsiveness in explaining motivation to collaborate in acquiring skills. This study attempted to measure these expectations in 102 toddlers (M age = 26.4 months) through observations of attention-seeking (A-S) behaviors during caregiver's restricted availability. Child collaboration was coded during skill-learning tasks (imitation and block building), and parent responsiveness was observed during dyadic activities. Different A-S styles emerged, supporting the existence of both positive and negative expectations of responsiveness. A-S quality statistically mediated the link between parent responsiveness and child collaborative outcomes, even after controlling for temperament and mood. This is the first study to show that toddlers' expectations are a plausible mechanism linking parent responsiveness to child collaboration.

PMID: 22288442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]