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The Effect of Attachment on Preschooler's Emotion Understanding

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between attachment and emotion understanding in preschoolers. Data was collected from 16 preschool children and their mothers recruited from a private learning center in a downtown metropolitan area. Attachment was measured by use of the Attachment Q-sort, 3.0 (Waters, 1995), while emotion understanding was assessed through use of Denham's (1986) affective perspective-taking task and interviews of children concerning naturally occurring emotions and emotion causes (Fabes et al., 1991). Results included a significant correlation (p < .05) between secure attachment and preschooler's ability to decipher the cause of another's emotion; however, a significant correlation was not found between secure attachment and preschooler's perspective-taking ability or ability to name other's emotions. Thus, conclusions about the impact of attachment upon emotion understanding were mixed, and more research on the subject was implicated.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2675
Date12 1900
CreatorsHernandez, Jennie R.
ContributorsGlover, Rebecca, Jacobson, Arminta, Newman, Phyllis, Atlekruse, Michael K., Keller, M. Jean
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsUse restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Hernandez, Jennie R., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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