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Howes, Carollee; Vu, Jennifer A.; Hamilton, Claire – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
Continuity and intergenerational transmission of representations of attachment were examined in a longitudinal sample of 88 Mexican immigrant mothers and their children who participated in the local intervention group of the Early Head Start Evaluation Study. The authors interviewed mothers with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and Parent…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disadvantaged Youth, Attachment Behavior, Mexican Americans
Howes, Carollee; Shivers, Eva Marie – Social Development, 2006
The goal of the research reported in this article was to examine the process of forming attachment to caregivers in children new to childcare. We examined child and adult behaviors and the adult's perception of the child at entry, and the ethnic/racial match between the child and caregiver as predictors of attachment relationship quality measured…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Attachment Behavior, Cultural Background, Caregiver Child Relationship
Howes, Carollee; Wishard Guerra, Alison G. – Social Development, 2009
Eighty-three low-income Mexican-heritage children (44 girls) and their mothers participated in this research. Children were observed with alternative caregivers at 14, 24, and 36 months of age using the Attachment Q-Set. Most children received regular care from infancy through preschool from relatives and childcare providers. Children had high…
Descriptors: Mothers, Low Income, Caregivers, Infants
Howes, Carollee; Shivers, Eva M.; Ritchie, Sharon – Early Education and Development, 2004
We describe the process of relationship-based intervention and associated changes in children and teachers' relationships and behaviors within center-based child care and examine the circumstances under which changes were most likely to occur. The relationship-based intervention had three components: research partners in each participating…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classroom Environment, Participant Observation, Focus Groups
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Howes, Carollee; Smith, Ellen W. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1995
Examined the relationship between variation in 840 children's cognitive activities and child-care quality, interaction with teachers, and children's play activities and attachment security with their child-care teachers. In 7 of the 8 subsamples, 15 to 30% of the variability in cognitive activities could be predicted from positive social…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Infants
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Howes, Carollee; Ritchie, Sharon – Early Education and Development, 1998
Examined the processes and outcomes of teacher-child attachment relationship formation in a therapeutic preschool. Twenty-one children were sorted with the same teacher three times using Attachment-Q Sort (AQS). Results indicated that children who were least secure, most avoidant, and most resistant in their initial teacher-child relationship were…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Emotional Response
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Howes, Carollee; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the relationship between 48 4-year-olds' social competence with peers and differential aspects of their teacher child relationships over the preceding 3 years. Found that toddler security with a teacher was negatively associated with hostile aggression and was positively associated with complex peer play and gregarious, prosocial, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies
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Howes, Carollee; Hamilton, Claire E.; Philipsen, Leslie C. – Child Development, 1998
Examined quality of children's relationships over time. Found that 9-year-olds' perceptions of teacher-student relationships were associated with teachers' ratings and were predicted by the quality of relationships with first teachers. Perceptions of mother-child relationships were consistent with earlier attachment security. Perceptions of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Childhood Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship
Howes, Carollee; And Others – 1992
This book examines the developmental functions of social pretend play (SPP), asserting that SPP is salient in the formation of both social interaction skills and friendships from the toddler period into middle childhood. Part 1 discusses the mastery of the communication of meaning in SPP and presents three studies on the relationship between…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Abuse, Children
Howes, Carollee; Wishard Guerra, Alison G.; Zucker, Eleanor – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
The intent of this study was to examine the development of peer interaction in low-income Mexican-heritage families in the United States. Eighty-eight children (44 girls) were observed and mothers interviewed when children were 14, 24, 36, and 54 months old. We used the Attachment Q-Set (Waters, 1990), the Peer Play Scale (Howes & Matheson, 1992),…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Peer Relationship, Low Income
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Howes, Carollee; Hamilton, Claire E. – Child Development, 1992
The relationships of 441 children with their mother and preschool teacher were assessed and classified in 3 categories. Children in the secure relationship category had more responsive teachers than other children. Children in the ambivalent relationship category had more responsive teachers than children in the avoidant relationship category. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers
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Howes, Carollee – Early Education and Development, 1997
Observed children in family and center day care settings, exploring changes in interaction with adults and peers. Found that children who spent more time with peers engaged in more complex peer play than did those who spent less time. Caregivers influenced amount and complexity of peer play, but indirectly, through the degree to which they helped…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers
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Howes, Carollee; Matheson, Catherine C. – New Directions for Child Development, 1992
Assessed the attachment of 101 toddlers to their mothers and day care teachers by the Strange Situation Procedure or Q-Set measures. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that children's relationships with their parents and day care teachers would show similar attachment classifications. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics