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Direct linkKerns, Kathryn A.; Tomich, Patricia L.; Kim, Patricia – Social Development, 2006
Two studies addressed the normative aspects of attachments to mothers and fathers in middle childhood. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons, we tested the hypothesis that children show no changes in perceptions of availability of attachment figures across the later middle childhood years, but do utilize attachment figures less…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Adjustment, Elementary School Students, Parent Child Relationship
