The interrelationship of attachment style, sense of loneliness, and social dissatisfaction in children aged 60-72 months

Sahin-Bayraktar H. G., Seven S.

CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.41, sa.6, ss.3751-3759, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12144-020-00888-w
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3751-3759
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Young children, Attachment styles, Sense of loneliness, Sense of dissatisfaction, Correlational survey, SELF, MIDDLE, MOTHER, DEPRESSION, PATTERNS, GENDER, LINKS
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of this correlational survey-based research is to examine the relationships between the attachment styles of children aged 60-72 months and their senses of loneliness and social dissatisfaction. The participants consisted of 103 children of this age who were attending a preschool institution supervised by the Ministry of National Education in Tokat, Turkey. The data was collected through a personal-information form, the Incomplete Stories with Doll Family Scale, and the Loneliness and Dissatisfaction Scale. Data analysis indicated that fewer than two-fifths of these children were securely attached, with nearly half (46.6%) exhibiting avoidant attachment, and the remaining 16.5%, negative attachment. Significant negative correlations were found between secure attachment style, and senses of loneliness and social dissatisfaction. It also revealed that the mean loneliness and social dissatisfaction of those children who had been cared for by their mothers between birth and the age of two were lower than those of their peers who had not been cared for by their mothers at those ages. However, mean loneliness and social dissatisfaction were higher among children whose mothers were aged 20-25 at the time of the survey than among those whose mothers were 26-30.