The Predictive Role of Preschool Children's Attachment on Social Competence, Anxiety, Aggression and Self-Control: Peer Relationships as a Mediator.

The main purpose of this study is to examine the predictive role of preschool children's attachment on social competence, anxiety, aggression, and self-control of 5-year-old children (60–71 months), and to test the mediating effect of peer relationships in this model. A total of 309 children partici...

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Publicado en:Child Psychiatry & Human Development Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 1788 - 1800
Autores principales: Akyol, Nevra Atış, Güney Karaman, Neslihan, Yılmaz, Arif, Essau, Cecilia
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2025
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          Akyol, Nevra Atış
          Güney Karaman, Neslihan
          Yılmaz, Arif
          Essau, Cecilia
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          https://ror.org/01wntqw50 Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
          UNICEF, Ankara, Turkey
          https://ror.org/043071f54 Roehampton University, London, UK
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        Attachment behavior
        Peer relations
        Self-control
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        Anxiety
        Aggression (Psychology)
        Social skills
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          Attachment behavior
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          Anxiety
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        Aggression
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      ab: The main purpose of this study is to examine the predictive role of preschool children's attachment on social competence, anxiety, aggression, and self-control of 5-year-old children (60–71 months), and to test the mediating effect of peer relationships in this model. A total of 309 children participated in the study. The data of the study were collected through the teacher checklist of peer relationships, the social competence and behavior evaluation scale—30, the self-control rating scale which the teacher filled out, and the doll story completion task which the researcher used during the application process. Path analysis was used to explain the direct and indirect relationships between the variables, and a Sobel test was also used to determine the mediational role of peer relationships. The results showed that peer relationships had a mediating effect on parental attachment between anxiety, anger, social competence, and self-control. This study shows that the reflections of insecure attachment experienced in the first years of life can be reduced by peer relationships and the reflections of secure attachment can be strengthened by peer relationships.
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