Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
2011
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Teaching, Training and Leadership
Abstract
This study examined the mother-child internal working model and its affect on the peer relationship, exploring maternal sensitivity as a mediating factor. The Attachment Q-Set was used to measure the mother's representation of the child's felt security. The child's social competency was assessed with the Social Problem Solving Test-Revised; and the Maternal Behavior for Preschools Q-Set was used to measure maternal sensitivity. Twenty mother-child dyads participated in this project. Data was collected at the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education on the South Dakota State University Campus in Brookings, South Dakota from twenty mother-child dyads and was bootstrapped to a sample of eighty. Results indicated a statistical relation approaching significance (p< 0.80) between the child's internal working model and competency in the peer relationship. There was evidence that, limit setting, one aspect of maternal sensitivity, was a statistically significant mediating factor.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Attachment behavior in children
Parent and child
Parenting
Interpersonal relations in children
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
146
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Ballou, Amybeth, "Parent-child Internal Working Model and The Peer Relationship" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1764.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/1764