HDFS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Assertiveness
20 Sep 2016
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Chapter 7: of the test is chapter 7. Method of measuring attachment security in children between ages 1 and 5 years. Advantage: may better reflect parent-child relationship in everyday life. Disadvantages: time-consuming; does not differentiate between types of insecurity. Powerful impact of parenting quality on children"s adjustment. Association between long hours in inadequate child care and behavior problems. Babies develop attachments to a variety of familiar people: Fathers" sensitive caregiving (though less strongly than mothers") predicts attachment security. Fathers often build attachments through sensitive play, which predicts children"s favorable emotional and social adjustment. Nearly 2. 4 million u. s. children live in skipped-generation families : Families with grandparents as primary caregivers continue to increase. Grandparents often assume the parenting role during times of stress. Grandparent caregivers forge significant attachment relationships with grandchildren, despite problems. Preschoolers often resent arrival of a new baby but also show concern and affection.
