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Associations between secure base script knowledge in early childhood and percei...
Fernandes, Carla; Fernandes, Marilia; Antunes, Marta; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaPrevious studies suggest that mental representations of attachment can show moderate stability across childhood but none of these considered the child’s use of the Secure Base Script (SBS). This study tested the longitudinal stability of attachment representations from early to middle childhood, providing data that will allow us to determine whether the SBS score behaves like other attachment measures for early...
Antecedents to and outcomes associated with teacher–child relationship percepti...
Dede Yildirim, Elif; Frosch, Cynthia A.; José dos Santos, António; Veríssimo, Manuela; Bub, Kristen; Vaughn, BrianPreschool teachers' perceptions about relationships with students (teacher–child relationships [TCRs]) predict children's subsequent social competence (SC) and academic progress. Why this is so remains unclear. Do TCRs shape children's development, or do child attributes inf luence both TCRs and subsequent development? Relations between TCRs and other measures were examined for 185 preschoolers (107 girls, 89 l...
Associations between secure base script knowledge in early childhood and percei...
Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, Marta; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaAbstract: Previous studies suggest that mental representations of attachment can show moderate stability across childhood but none of these considered the child’s use of the Secure Base Script (SBS). This study tested the longitudinal stability of attachment representations from early to middle childhood, providing data that will allow us to determine whether the SBS score behaves like other attachment measures...
Salivary oxytocin after play with parents predicts behavioural problems in pres...
Torres, Nuno; Martins, Daniel; Monteiro, Lígia; Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaBackground: Oxytocin (OXT) has attracted research interest for its potential involvement in many of the behavioural problems observed in childhood. Due to its logistical advantages, saliva is an attractive fluid to quantify neuropeptides in children. Salivary OXT has been suggested as a potential biomarker for psychopathology during childhood. However, several questions still remain about the extent to which, a...
Convergent and Discriminant Validities of SCBE-30 Questionnaire Using Correlate...
Fernandes, Marília; Santos, Antonio José; Antunes, Marta; Fernandes, Carla; Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Vaughn, Brian; Veríssimo, ManuelaCorrelated trait-correlated method minus one was used to evaluate convergent and discriminant validity of Social Competence Behavior Evaluation questionnaire (Social Competence, Anger-Aggression, Anxiety-Withdrawal) between multiple raters. A total of 369 children (173 boys and 196 girls; M age = 55.85, SD age = 11.54) were rated by their mothers, fathers, and teachers. Results showed more convergence between p...
Measurement invariance across mother/child and father/child attachment relation...
Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, Manuela; Santos, António J.; Ribeiro, Olívia; Vaughn, Brian; Gastelle, Marissa; Kerns, Kathryn A.We examine the factorial structure of the Security Scale Questionnaire (SSQ), exploring measurement invariance across mother-father-child attachment relationships, child sex, and country. We used the new 21-item SSQ version that integrates both safe haven and secure base behaviors in a two factors structure. Participants were 457 children (224 girls and 233 boys), ranging from 9 to 14 years old (M = 10.84, SD =...
Children’s play profiles: Contributions from child’s temperament and father’s p...
Santos, Carolina; Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Ribeiro, Olívia; Vaughn, BrianUsing a sample of Portuguese preschool-age children, we aimed to identify different play profiles based on teachers' descriptions of social and non-social behaviors, as well as characterize them in terms of children's characteristics (sex and temperament) and fathers' parenting styles (e.g., warmth and involvement or punitive strategies). The 243 children were distributed across four profiles (identified throug...
Early father–child and mother–child attachment relationships: contributions to ...
Fernandes, Carla; Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos; Santos, António J.; Fernandes, Marilia; Antunes, Marta; Vaughn, Brian; Verissimo, ManuelaThe main goal of this study was to explore the contributions of early father-child and mother-child attachment relationships to children's later social competence with their preschool peers; possible unique and shared contributions were tested. Using a multi-method design and focusing on direct observation, attachment was assessed at home at age 3 with the Attachment Behavior Q-sort (AQS) and two years later so...
Changes in preschool children’s social engagement positively predict changes in...
Santos, António J.; Daniel, J. R.; Antunes, Marta; Coppola, Gabrielle; Trudel, Marcel; Vaughn, BrianTo test the hypothesis that social engagement is a foundational aspect of other peer social competence indicators during early childhood, 160 Portuguese preschool children (“3‐year‐olds”) were observed at least in two different school years, using a battery of validated social competence assessments based on direct observations and child interviews. Multilevel growth models tested whether social engagement pred...
Associations between attachment security and social competence in preschool chi...
Veríssimo, Manuela; José dos Santos, António; Fernandes, Carla; Shin, Nana; Vaughn, BrianAttachment theorists suggest that attachment security with parents supports the quality of social adaptation in peer groups during early childhood, and numerous studies supporting this conjecture have been published. Most of these studies used enacted representations rather than mental representations of attachment security, and most studies examining mental representations used adult (parent or teacher) rating...