Social Networks, Quality of Child Rearing, and Child Development.

Crittenden, Patricia M.

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ERIC Number: EJ327164

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Social Networks, Quality of Child Rearing, and Child Development.

Crittenden, Patricia M.

Child Development, v56 n5 p1299-1313 Oct 1985

Three hypotheses were investigated among 121 maltreating and adequate mother/child dyads: that (1) there would be qualitative differences in the supportiveness of mothers' networks; (2) differences would be related to differences in child attachment to mother; and (3) differences in mothers' approaches to relationships might have influenced their selection of networks. (RH)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Demography, Individual Development, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Qualitative Research, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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