Parental difficulties in child-rearing with preschoolers : Examinations on mothers' attachment history and supports from family members
| Project/Area Number |
11610104
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | IBARAKI UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KAZUI Miyuki IBARAKI Univ., College of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (20282270)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUDA Shinya IBARAKI Univ., College of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (80291285)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | Adult Attachment / Parenting Stress / Adult Attachment Interview / Paternal Intimacy / 愛着の育成歴 / 育児困難性 / AAI |
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| Research Abstract |
On the basis of attachment theory, the present study was planned to assess levels of parental difficulties on child-rearing in relation to mother's attachment history as well as their husbands' and families' levels of support. Mothres' attachment was assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, and a set of questionnaires was used with mothers and fathers to assess their relationships with each other as well as with their family of origin. Previous studies have been reported that mothers with insecure attachment tended to experience high levels of parenting stress and their children were likely to be insecure.
We found that mothers reported low levels of parenting stress when fathers provided high levels of support and openness to their wives and the father's parents. At the same time, fathers whose wife had secure attachment reported intimate feelings to his wife as well as to his own family of origin. Thus, secure mothers were likely to be paired with supportive and intimate husbands as well as those mothers' parenting stress was likely to be low. All the data were collected concurrently, so we were unable to conclude on the cause-effect direction among the variables. However, a tentative speculation was that one's representation of attachment history was a robust variable to organize his or her relationship and emotional experiences regarding to parenting and close relationships. Mothers' levels of parenting difficulties could be modulated by means of supportive and intimate relations which would offer effective feelings to the mothers.
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