Effortful control mediates relations between children's attachment security and their regard for rules of conduct

Jamie Koenig Nordling; Lea J Boldt; Jessica O'Bleness; Grazyna Kochanska

doi:10.1111/sode.12139

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Effortful control mediates relations between children's attachment security and their regard for rules of conduct

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Effortful control mediates relations between children's attachment security and their regard for rules of conduct

Jamie Koenig Nordling, Lea J Boldt, Jessica O'Bleness and Grazyna Kochanska

Social development (Oxford, England), Vol.25(2), pp.268-284

05/2016

DOI: 10.1111/sode.12139

PMCID: PMC4856041

PMID: 27158193

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Abstract

Although attachment security has been associated with children's rule-compatible conduct, the mechanism through which attachment influences early regard for rules is not well established. We hypothesized that effortful control would mediate the link between security and indicators of children's emerging regard for rules (discomfort following rule violations, internalization of parents' and experimenter's rules, few externalizing behaviors). In a longitudinal study, the Attachment Q-Set was completed by parents, effortful control was observed, and Regard for Rules was observed and rated by parents. The proposed model fit the data well: Children's security to mothers predicted their effortful control, which in turn had a direct link to a greater Regard for Rules. Children's security with fathers did not predict effortful control. The mother-child relationship appears particularly important for positive developmental cascades of self-regulation and socialization.

attachment

effortful control

internalization

moral development

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Title: Subtitle: Effortful control mediates relations between children's attachment security and their regard for rules of conduct
Creators: Jamie Koenig Nordling - Augustana College
Lea J Boldt - University of Iowa
Jessica O'Bleness - University of Iowa
Grazyna Kochanska - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Social development (Oxford, England), Vol.25(2), pp.268-284
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12139
PMID: 27158193
PMCID: PMC4856041
NLM abbreviation: Soc Dev
ISSN: 0961-205X
eISSN: 1467-9507
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: R01 MH63096; DOI: 10.13039/100000071, name: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, award: R01 HD069171-11
Language: English
Date published: 05/2016
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984213428802771

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