Children's perceived quality of significant relationships and socioemotional adjustment
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Andrea Maria Dorsch (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Susan P. Keane
Abstract: The present study extends research on interpersonal relations to preadolescence by introducing the Children's Inventory of Significant Relationships (CISR), a self-report measure of children's perceived quality of relations with their primary caregiver, a significant adult, and a significant child. Estimates of internal consistency, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability were adequate. Factor analyses revealed three factors for each relationship scale: affect, support, and security. Children most frequently identified their mother as the primary caregiver, their father or grandmother as the significant adult, and a friend or a sibling as the significant child. Children who identified a sibling as the significant child reported lower perceived quality of the relationship than did children who identified a friend or a cousin. Some racial differences in the selection of significant others were noted. Children reported relatively consistent levels of perceived quality across the three relationships, which were positively associated with self-esteem and negatively associated with depression, loneliness, and social anxiety. Relations with primary caregiver and significant adult were also positively related to social preference by peers.
Children's perceived quality of significant relationships and socioemotional adjustment
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1995
- Subjects
- Children $x Attitudes.
- Children $x Family relationships
- Adjustment (Psychology) in children