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KMID : 1022520070110020141
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Journal of Play Therapy
2007 Volume.11 No. 2 p.141 ~ p.155
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A study on attachment to mother and social competence in middle childhood
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Lee Ha-Kyung
Lee Kyung-Sook
Park Jin-Ah
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in social competence and in peer status according to the stability of attachment to mother in middle childhood and the relationship between the stability of attachment to mother and social competence. The subjects were 581 students in the 5th or 6th grade of an elementary school located in Seoul and their mothers. Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-Revised version, Iowa Social Competency Scale: School Form, and peer nomination questionnaire were used as measurement. The results showed that the group with high stability of attachment to mother had higher score on Capacity, Leadership, Affection toward parents among the sub-levels of social competence than the group with low stability of attachment. In the case of the group with high stability of attachment, there was a higher distribution of popular children than in the group with low stability of attachment. And there were significant relationships of attachment to mothers and social competence. Trust among the sub-levels of attachment to parents has influence on Capacity, Disruptiveness, Leadership, and Affection toward parents among the sub-levels of social competence and Alienation among the sub-levels of attachment has influence on Apprehension.
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KEYWORD
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attachment, middle childhood, mother, peer status, social competence
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