The Effect of Children’s Mother-Child Attachment on Problem Behavior Under the Mode of Grandparents’ Co-Parenting: The Mediating Role of Grandparent-Grandchild Attachment

Abstract

Abstract: The research used the Young Child Attachment Scale to investigate the mother-child attachment and the grandparent-grandchild attachment of the 265 children under the mode of grandparents’ co-parenting. The Child Behavior Checklist was used to measure the problem behavior of the 265 children under the mode of grandparents’ co-parenting. The research explored the grandparent-grandchild attachment played a mediating effect in the relationship between the mother-child attachment and the problem behavior. The results showed that: 1) The mother-child attachment of the children under the mode of grandparents’ co-parenting was positively related to the grandparent-grandchild attachment, and the mother-child attachment of the children was negatively related to the internalizing problem behavior and the externalizing problem behavior; The grandparent-grandchild attachment of the children was negatively related to the internalizing problem behavior and the externalizing problem behavior. 2) The grandparent-grandchild attachment of the children under the mode of grandparents’ co-parenting played a full mediating effect in the relationship between the mother-child attachment and the internalizing problem behavior/the externalizing problem behavior.

Key words: grandparents’ co-parenting, children, grandparent-grandchild attachment, mother-child attachment, problem behavior

摘要： 采用幼儿依恋量表和儿童行为量表（Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL）测量265名祖辈共同养育幼儿的母子依恋、祖孙依恋和问题行为的情况，考察祖辈共同养育幼儿的祖孙依恋在母子依恋与问题行为的中介作用。结果发现：（1）祖辈共同养育幼儿的母子依恋与祖孙依恋呈显著正相关，幼儿的母子依恋与内化问题行为、外化问题行为呈显著负相关，幼儿的祖孙依恋与内化问题行为、外化问题行为呈显著负相关；（2）祖辈共同养育幼儿的祖孙依恋完全中介母子依恋对内化问题行为、外化问题行为的影响。

关键词: 祖辈共同养育模式, 幼儿, 祖孙依恋, 母子依恋, 问题行为

CLC Number:

B844

WEN Mingjing, TENG Shuyuan, FENG Xiaohang, TIAN Jinlai, ZHANG Xiangkui. The Effect of Children’s Mother-Child Attachment on Problem Behavior Under the Mode of Grandparents’ Co-Parenting: The Mediating Role of Grandparent-Grandchild Attachment[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(2): 208-213.

闻明晶, 滕树元, 冯晓杭, 田金来, 张向葵. 祖辈共同养育模式下幼儿母子依恋对问题行为的影响：祖孙依恋的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(2): 208-213.

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