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 …

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

Background Peer relationships become the central arena in which attachment processes
are likely to play out during adolescence and beyond, and contribute to various aspects of …

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 goal of this study was to examine whether the links between attachment security and
social behavior in late adolescence were mediated by emotional competence. One hundred …

We evaluated links between peer-group functioning and indicators of attachment security in
relation to both mother and father in middle childhood, among 73 10-year-olds (37 girls) …

The study was aimed to verify, from a longitudinal perspective, whether perceived peer
support would mediate the relationship between attachment and internalizing problems …

Abstract in this chapter we pose two questions:(1) how well established are the causal links
between attachment security and peer competence and (2) is there an alternative …

The association between early parent‐child attachment security and peer rejection among
preschool children was examined. Children in three preschool classrooms (N= 37) …