A study, partly funded by the National Science Foundation, and conducted by researchers at the University of Reading (in the United Kingdom), the University of Leiden (in the Netherlands), the Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health National Health Service Trust (also in the U.K.), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign investigated Attachment Parenting theory.
This study, published in the March/April 2010 issue of the journal Child Development, suggests that children who cannot maintain a coherent strategy for coping with separation, are at greatest risk of later developing behavioural problems and becoming aggressive.
This study is a meta-analysis of 69 studies involving almost 6,000 children ages 12 and younger.
According to attachment theory, children with secure attachments have repeated experiences with caregivers who are responsive to their needs, and thus expect their caregivers to be available, and comforting when called upon. In contrast, children with insecure attachments, have an experience in which requests are discouraged, rejected, or responded to inconsistently, which is thought to make them vulnerable to developing behavioural problems.
The researchers sought to clarify the extent to which bonds between children and their mothers early in life, affect children's behavioural problems later, such as aggression or hostility. Behaviour problems were measured up to age 12. The studies included in their review used a range of methods for assessing children's behaviour problems, including parent and teacher questionnaires and direct observations.
This study, published in the March/April 2010 issue of the journal Child Development, suggests that children who cannot maintain a coherent strategy for coping with separation, are at greatest risk of later developing behavioural problems and becoming aggressive.
This study is a meta-analysis of 69 studies involving almost 6,000 children ages 12 and younger.
According to attachment theory, children with secure attachments have repeated experiences with caregivers who are responsive to their needs, and thus expect their caregivers to be available, and comforting when called upon. In contrast, children with insecure attachments, have an experience in which requests are discouraged, rejected, or responded to inconsistently, which is thought to make them vulnerable to developing behavioural problems.
The researchers sought to clarify the extent to which bonds between children and their mothers early in life, affect children's behavioural problems later, such as aggression or hostility. Behaviour problems were measured up to age 12. The studies included in their review used a range of methods for assessing children's behaviour problems, including parent and teacher questionnaires and direct observations.
If you consider all the small separations which allow your child to practice separation from mum and dad, like sleeping in their own bed, staying with another carer, attending nursery or creche it becomes even more obvious that these small events allow your child to develop coping skills. Children who never experience such small scale "practice" have much more difficulty in coping, not just with the separations life brings, but with many other events, for which they are totally unprepared.
If you would like help and support to move your child to their own bed;- Contact Dream-Angus
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