Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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The Distribution of Attachment Types and Their Characteristics in Middle Childhood Boys

아동 중기 남아의 애착유형별 분포 및 특성에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Eun-Jung (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kang, Sujeong (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hong, Soon-Beom (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Dai (Department of Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yi, Soon-Hyung (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • 최은정 (서울대학교 생활과학연구소) ;
  • 강수정 (서울대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 홍순범 (서울대학교병원 정신의학과) ;
  • 김창대 (서울대학교 교육학과) ;
  • 이순형 (서울대학교 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2016.03.13
  • Accepted : 2016.10.17
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Objective: Sex differences in attachment types are absent during early childhood, but emerge in middle childhood. Prior research has shown that boys classify as more often avoidant than ambivalent. The purpose of this study was to investigate marked sex differences in the distribution of attachment types in middle childhood, especially in boys. Methods: Attachment was assessed with the Separation Anxiety Test in a sample of 208 boys in Grades 3 and 4. Their socioeconomic backgrounds and developmental histories were also collected. Results: The distribution of attachment types was differed from those in early childhood, with insecure boys more often avoidant (31.3%) than ambivalent (7.2%). Insecure-avoidant boys were rated as over 10% compared the global distribution. Conclusion: These results supported the hypothesis of adrenarche in middle childhood. Boys may be changed to have more avoidant types in attachment.

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