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Shen, Fei; Liu, Yanhong; Brat, Mansi – Professional Counselor, 2021
The present study examined the relationships between childhood attachment, adult attachment, self-esteem, and psychological distress; specifically, it investigated the multiple mediating roles of self-esteem and adult attachment on the association between childhood attachment and psychological distress. Using 1,708 adult participants, a…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Self Esteem, Anxiety, Stress Variables
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Verrastro, Valeria; Ritella, Giuseppe; Saladino, Valeria; Pistella, Jessica; Baiocco, Roberto; Fontanesi, Lilybeth – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2020
This study examines how family functioning, the parent-child relationship and personal factors are related to happiness in 1549 children aged 7 to 14 years old (53% females) in Italy. Children and pre-adolescents completed a set of questionnaires on self-rated happiness, self-concept and loneliness. At least one of their parents filled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Children
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Rubin, Kenneth H.; Chronis-Tuscano, Andrea – Child Development Perspectives, 2021
In this article, we provide definitional clarity for the construct of social withdrawal as it was originally construed, and review the original theoretical and conceptual bases that led to the first research program dedicated to the developmental study of social withdrawal (the Waterloo Longitudinal Project). We also describe correlates (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Children, Withdrawal (Psychology), Interpersonal Competence, Attachment Behavior
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Blackwood, Lisa; Farrow, Brenna – Support for Learning, 2023
Children and young adults who are 'looked after' can present teachers and teaching assistants with a variety of day-to-day classroom challenges and a range of complex behaviours due to adverse childhood environments. This group of vulnerable young people have very complex social and emotional behaviours that require a considered approach of…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Knowledge Level