This study investigated familial attachment‐based processes in middle childhood, using 788 families (50.6% boys; 84.4% White), assessed six times from 4.5 years old to Grade 6. An adapted Random Intercept Cross‐Lagged Panel Model revealed between‐family associations among couple emotional intimacy, relationships with both parents, and child social skills (β = .18–.66). Within‐family increases in child assertion and self‐control prospectively predicted relationships with parents (βs = .13), and parent–child relationships predicted various child social skills (βs = .13–.17). Couple emotional intimacy predicted child cooperation, assertion, and responsibility (βs = .12–.24) and father–child relationships in Grade 6 (βs = .20–22) at the within‐family level. Findings underscore a systemic consideration of attachment‐based processes in the family.

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童年中期夫妻情感亲密、亲子关系和儿童社交技能的家庭系统调查


这项研究调查了童年中期基于家庭依恋的过程，使用了 788 个家庭（50.6% 是男孩；84.4% 是白人），从 4.5 岁到 6 年级进行了六次评估。改编后的随机截取交叉滞后小组模型揭示了家庭之间的关联夫妻情感亲密程度、与父母双方的关系以及孩子的社交技能（ β = .18–.66)。家庭内孩子的主张和自我控制的增加前瞻性地预测了与父母的关系（ β s = .13），亲子关系预测了儿童的各种社交技能（ β s = .13–.17)。夫妻情感亲密预示着孩子的合作、自信和责任感（ β s = .12–.24) 和六年级的父子关系 ( β s = .20–22) 在家庭内部层面。研究结果强调了对家庭中基于依恋的过程的系统性考虑。