Article

The Effects of Attachment and Temperament on the Emotional and Social Competence of Children

Author

황소연,방희정

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pp. 147~165 / 2012 Vol.19 No.3

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to comprehensively investigate the attachment representation of childrenbased on the narrative method and the relationship between attachment representations, temperament,emotional and social competence. Children\'s attachments, as represented in their narrative responses, wereclassified as very secure(45.8%), weak secure(24.1%), insecure-avoidant(26.5%), and insecure-disorganized(3.6%). In addition, the attachment representation did not appear to differ according to the gender.ANOVA was performed in order to assess the differences in the emotional and social competence of thechildren according to the attachment representation. The emotional and social competence of the childrendiffered according to the type of attachment representation. Correlation analysis was performed to examinethe relationship between the attachment representation, temperament, emotional and social competence ofthe children. Finally, Multiple Regression Analysis was used to assess the effects of children\'s attachmentrepresentation and temperament on their emotional and social competence. The theoretical and practicalimplications of these findings were also discussed.

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