susan 1xbet best casino website R. Burns, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Mark Barnett
Dissertation Title
Attachment security as a predictor of preschoolers’ prosocial responses to mothers and 1xbet best casino website
Dissertation Abstract
The present study sought to examine the influence of the security of the mother-child relationship on the extent and quality of the child's prosocial interactions with his/her mother and peers during early childhood. Assessment within the present study consisted of: (1) home visits during which mothers completed a questionnaire assessing 1xbet best casino website children's empathy toward and helping of them, the attachment Q-sort, and a staged situation during which children's responses to 1xbet best casino website mothers' sadness and need for help were videotaped, (2) teachers' ratings of children's empathy with and helping of 1xbet best casino website peers, and (3) naturalistic observations of children's empathy with and helping of 1xbet best casino website peers within the preschool setting.
Path analysis indicated that attachment security predicted (1) empathic happiness with mother directly and (2) playful sharing with mother both directly and indirectly. Additionally, children's empathic sadness with 1xbet best casino website mothers directly predicted 1xbet best casino website expressive helping of 1xbet best casino website mothers, negatively predicted 1xbet best casino website state helping of 1xbet best casino website mothers, and positively predicted teachers' ratings of children's helping of 1xbet best casino website peers. Finally, teachers' ratings of children's empathic happiness and sadness with 1xbet best casino website peers directly predicted teachers' ratings of 1xbet best casino website helping of peers.
The present findings contribute to the understanding of the role of attachment security in preschoolers' expressions of empathy and helping toward 1xbet best casino website mothers and peers. Specifically, attachment security was found to promote prosocial responses associated with the sharing of positive (but not negative) affect and interaction between mother and child. However, the present study found only limited support for the notion that children's prosocial interactions with 1xbet best casino website mothers predict prosocial interactions with 1xbet best casino website peers. Specifically, children's expressions of empathic sadness with 1xbet best casino website mothers predicted 1xbet best casino website helping of peers. Although one significant mother-to-peer path was found, various other related and reasonable paths (e.g., empathy with mother predicting empathy with peers; helping of mother predicting helping of peers) were not. An important goal of future research will be to determine the extent to which prosocial interactions with peers is dependent upon a history of prosocial interactions with mother.
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, 1xbet best casino website , 2002