Perceived social support mediates between prior attachment and subsequent adjustment
A study of urban African American children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth McLeister Anan (Wayne State University, corresponding author), Douglas Barnett |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1210-1222 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.35.5.1210 |
| PMID | 10493647 |
| OpenAlex | W4244453069 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 7 |
The processes whereby attachment and other social and cognitive factors contribute to social and emotional adjustment were examined. Participants were 56 African American children from low-income urban families. Attachment and sociability were assessed in the strange situation when children were 4.5 years old. Two years later, children were interviewed regarding their perceptions of social support and their attributions about others' intentions. Also assessed at Time 2 were child verbal intelligence, defensive response style, children's self-reports, and parent reports of child adjustment. As expected, attachment uniquely predicted perceived social support. Insecure attachment predicted self-reports of behavior problems and parental report of internalizing problems. Perceived social support was associated positively and significantly with viewing ambiguously depicted actions as prosocial rather than aggressive. Perceived social support was found to mediate the relation between attachment and adjustment. Results suggest that behaviorally mediated strategies for relating to caregivers in early childhood predict generalized social perception, thought, and emotion at later ages
African american · Attachment theory · Attribution · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Perception · Prosocial behavior · Social cognition · Social relation · Social support · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |