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ERIC Number: EJ564408
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Perceptions of Emotional Support from Mother and Friend in Middle Childhood: Links with Social-Emotional Adaptation and Preschool Attachment Security.
Booth, Cathryn L.; Rubin, Kenneth H.; Rose-Krasnor, Linda
Child Development, v69 n2 p427-42 Apr 1998
Assessed 8-year-olds' perceptions of emotional support from mother and best friend. Found that preschool attachment security predicted age-8 maternal-support perceptions better than did mother's behavior. Identification of best friends as part of the support network related positively to social competence. The more insecurely attached children relied on best friends for support, the greater their externalizing problems. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables, Social Adjustment, Social Support Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Emotional Support; Externalization; Security of Attachment