Journal article
Bridging parental attachment insecurity, social cognition, parenting, and temperament to elucidate the origins of antisocial orientation in preschoolers
Attachment & human development, Vol.27(6), pp.910-934
12/2025
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2025.2575464
PMID: 41117262
Abstract
One pathway to children's antisocial orientations implicates a longitudinal sequence from parents' attachment insecurity to their hostile representations of the child (Internal Working Models, IWMs) to negative parenting. The relevant research, however, is subject to limitations. One, although parts of that path have been robustly supported, few studies have formally examined the entire longitudinal cascade. Two, the pertinent studies have rarely considered child temperament. In a study of 200 families (mothers, fathers, and children), we examined whether the path from parental insecurity in infancy, to parental hostile IWMs of the child, to negative parenting, both at toddler age, to children's antisocial orientation at preschool age was moderated by children's toddler-age temperament. For mothers and children, the path was found only for children with highly difficult temperaments. Research bridging frameworks informed by attachment theory, social cognitive representations, parenting, and temperament can enhance our understanding of early origins of antisocial outcomes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bridging parental attachment insecurity, social cognition, parenting, and temperament to elucidate the origins of antisocial orientation in preschoolers
- Creators
- Haley M Herbert - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, USAJuyoung Kim - University of IowaGrazyna Kochanska - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Attachment & human development, Vol.27(6), pp.910-934
- DOI
- 10.1080/14616734.2025.2575464
- PMID
- 41117262
- NLM abbreviation
- Attach Hum Dev
- ISSN
- 1461-6734
- eISSN
- 1469-2988
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: R01HD110427, R01HD091047 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health: UL1TR002537
This work was funded by the grants from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01HD110427 and R01HD091047] to Grazyna Kochanska and additionally supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [UL1TR002537].
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 10/21/2025
- Date published
- 12/2025
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9985019027802771
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