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Relationship among temporary separation, attachment styles, and adjustment in first-grade Iranian children

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Relationship among temporary separation, attachment styles, and adjustment in first-grade Iranian children
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Psychology Research and Behavior Management, December 2016
DOI 10.2147/prbm.s109875
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Siyamak Tahmasebi, Saman Mafakheri Bashmaq, Mansoureh Karimzadeh, Robab Teymouri, Mahdi Amini, Maryam Sadat M Vaghefi, M Ali Mazaheri

Abstract

If mothers work outside the home, some degree of mother-child separation will be experienced and mother-child attachment will be affected. In this study, regarding the attachment styles, sociobehavioral problems in first-grade children with experience of preschool and in those taught by their mothers at-home are compared. A casual-comparative method was used to compare children in the two groups. A total of 320 first-grade children participated in the study. The study measures included a separation anxiety test, an adaptive behavior scale, and a children's symptom inventory. Data were analyzed using multivariate statistics. Secure attachment in the group with experience of preschool was significantly higher than that in the at-home group. None of the variables, including parents' education and father's income, significantly affected attachment style. Neither father's education, father's income, or attachment significantly influenced adjustment. Father's education significantly influenced children's symptoms. Attachment style and hours of preschool attendance had no effect on Child Symptom Inventory scores. Associations among age at joining preschool, attachment style, and behavioral and adaptive problems in first-grade children were nonlinear and multivariate. By taking into account parents' awareness, sensitivity, and responsiveness, relative welfare, appropriate quality of child-care centers, and having fewer hours of preschool attendance, the risk factors for early parent-child separation and institutional care can be reduced.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 20%
Researcher 7 13%
Student > Master 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 4%
Other 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 22 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 14 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 7%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Linguistics 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 28 51%