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EJ450556 PS519721

Title: Children's Relationships with Caregivers: Mothers and Child Care Teachers.
Author(s): Howes, Carollee; Hamilton, Claire E.
Source: Child Development, v63 n4 p859-66 Aug 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1993

The relationships of 441 children with their mother and preschool teacher were assessed and classified in 3 categories. Children in the secure relationship category had more responsive teachers than other children. Children in the ambivalent relationship category had more responsive teachers than children in the avoidant relationship category. (BC)

Descriptors: *Attachment Behavior; Infants; Longitudinal Studies; Mothers; *Parent Child Relationship; *Preschool Children; Preschool Teachers; *Security (Psychology); *Teacher Student Relationship; Toddlers