The influence of early relational experience on later social understanding has evoked rich
theoretical discussion but relatively little empirical inquiry. Enlisting data from the NICHD …

The transition from preschool to early school years is critical for the growth of social skills.
Using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (for this study …

Early attachment quality was related to social competence with an unfamiliar peer at age
four, and to maternal management of peer interaction. Subjects were thirty-eight children …

This meta-analytic review examines the association between attachment during the early life
course and social competence with peers during childhood, and compares the strength of …

Attachment theorists suggest that attachment security with parents supports the quality of
social adaptation in peer groups during early childhood, and numerous studies supporting …

Our aims are (1) to provide a framework for understanding and studying the relations
between child-parent attachment security, and children's functioning and relationships with …

Although it is hypothesized that children with different insecure attachment patterns may
experience a variety of peer difficulties, the question has been investigated almost …

This study examined developmental differences in two dimensions of attachment security
(parental availability and child dependency on parents) in late childhood (N= 274) and early …

Interview, self‐report, peer report, and observational data were used to examine parent and
peer relationship qualities as predictors of relative changes in attachment security in a …

The goal of this study was to broaden the developmental understanding of the implications
of interparental conflict (IPC) and threat appraisals of conflict for adolescents' relationships …