Preschoolers' attachment representations and parenting as predictors of intellectual capacities: A person-oriented approach

Stievenart, Marie; Meunier, J. C.; Roskam, I.

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Preschoolers' attachment representations and parenting as predictors of intellectual capacities: A person-oriented approach

Stievenart, Marie; Meunier, J. C.; Roskam, I.

2013 • In Intelligence quotient: Testing, role of genetics and the environment and social outcomes.

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Attachment representations; Childrearing practices; Cluster analysis; Intellectual abilities; Person-oriented approach

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[en] The present study was designed as a person-oriented approach in the context of a two-year follow-up. First, different subgroups were identified by a cluster analysis approach based on preschoolers' attachment representations and parenting, focusing on two key dimensions (support and control). Second, these different subgroups were hypothesized to differ in their level of intellectual capacities two years later. Cluster analysis and comparison of means were used with a sample of 305 French-speaking preschoolers. The mean age of the children was 54.7 months (SD = 11.35) at the time of recruitment. The preschoolers' attachment representations were assessed with the French version of the Attachment Story Completion Task while their intellectual capacities were assessed using two subtests (Block Design and Information) of the WPPSI-III. Parenting was assessed, separately for the mothers and the fathers, using the Evaluation des pratiques éducatives parentales (EPEP). A three-cluster solution emerged from our analysis. Preschool children in cluster 1 were insecure and disorganized, with parenting at a moderate level of both support and control. In cluster 2, preschool children were moderately secure and disorganized, while parenting was particularly high in control and low in support, both for the mothers and the fathers. In cluster 3, preschool children were secure and organized, with positive parenting mainly focused on support (instead of low on control). Preschoolers in cluster 3 were less at risk of displaying lower levels of verbal capacities (Information) than children in clusters 1 and 2, while no distinction between clusters appeared for reasoning capacities (Block Design). These results highlighted the relevance of considering the environmental outcomes to predicting intellectual, especially verbal, abilities. The implications of the results for both theoretical and clinical purposes are discussed. © 2013 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Treatment & clinical psychology

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Stievenart, Marie ; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Psychological Sciences Research Institut

Meunier, J. C.; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

Roskam, I.; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

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English

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Preschoolers' attachment representations and parenting as predictors of intellectual capacities: A person-oriented approach

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2013

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Intelligence quotient: Testing, role of genetics and the environment and social outcomes.

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Nova Science Publishers, Inc., United States - New York

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185-200

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Peer reviewed

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9781626187283

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