Associations Among Maternal Positivity, Negativity and Child Attachment in the Netherlands, Poland, and Turkey.

ABSTRACT: This study addresses how maternal positivity and negativity toward a child in three countries, separately and in combination are related to attachment in middle childhood. We first developed an ecologically valid emic measure of the Maternal Positivity-Negativity Scale through an interview-based study (90 mothers) and then tested our hypotheses in a separate study. The child's attachment security (where the child uses the mother as a safe haven and secure base) and insecurity (attachment anxiety and avoidance) were assessed using standard measures. Equal numbers of mothers and their children between 8 and 12 years of age from Poland, Turkey, and the Netherlands participated in the main study (756 dyads). Results revealed that: (1) maternal positivity was more strongly associated, than mate

SUBMITTER: Lubiewska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152534 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature