Attachment Themes in the Family Narratives of Preschool Children: A Qualitative Analysis |
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Authors: | Timothy F. Page |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Utah College of Social Work, 395 South 1500 East, Rm. 101, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA |
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Abstract: | The family narratives of two preschool children (male and female) rated extremely high in social competence were compared to the narratives of two other children (also male and female) rated extremely low in social competence for differences in qualities of parent-child relationships and narrative structure. The children were participants in a larger study of parent-child relationships in post-divorce families. Three narratives of the ten-narrative Attachment Story Completion Task-Revised were analyzed qualitatively. Differences between children rated high and low in social competence were observed in areas such as the representation of problem resolutions, narrative coherence, predictable consequences for behavior, role modeling, responsiveness of parents to children's needs, emotional expression, children's ambivalence for caregivers, and family integrity. Implications for further research involving representations of attachment security in narrative play are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Attachment Narratives Pre-school Children |
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