Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Young Children: Links to Individual Differences in Attachment

被引：35

作者：

Beier, Jonathan S. ^{[1
]}

Gross, Jacquelyn T. ^{[1
]}

Brett, Bonnie E. ^{[1
]}

Stern, Jessica A. ^{[1
]}

Martin, David R. ^{[1
]}

Cassidy, Jude ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

来源：

CHILD DEVELOPMENT | 2019年 / 90卷 / 02期

关键词：

PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL SOCIALIZATION; MOTHER-CHILD; SECURITY; PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; REPRESENTATIONS; DISTRESS; QUALITY;

D O I：

10.1111/cdev.13100

中图分类号：

G44 [教育心理学];

学科分类号：

0402 ; 040202 ;

摘要：

Although attachment theory has long posited a link between early experiences of care and children's prosocial behavior, investigations of this association have not embraced the multifaceted nature of prosociality. This study is the first to assess associations between child attachment and independent observations of helping, sharing, and comforting. Attachment quality in 3- to 5-year-old children (N = 137) was linked to all three prosocial behaviors. Additionally, bifactor analyses revealed distinct associations between attachment and children's general prosocial dispositions and their specific abilities to meet the unique challenges of helping and, marginally, comforting. These findings underscore the importance of considering multiple explanations for links between attachment and prosocial behavior and provide novel insights into sources of variation in children's prosociality.

引用

页码：E273 / E289

页数：17

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