Turkish mothers' attachment orientations and mental representations of their children

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dc.contributor.authorSümer, Nebi
dc.contributor.authorSakman, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorHarma, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorSavaş, Özge
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-15T12:37:27Z
dc.date.available2021-05-15T12:37:27Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentİktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümüen_US
dc.descriptionSakman, Ezgi/0000-0002-5974-6566; Sumer, Nebi/0000-0002-7460-4515; Harma, Mehmet/0000-0002-3955-1526
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aims to investigate a group of Turkish mothers' internal working models and their critical correlates, including their self-reported attachment orientations and their children's problem behaviours. Background: The mental representations that mothers hold for their children are a valuable source of information for caregiving behaviours, yet they have seldom been investigated in non-Western cultures. In order to examine the role of mothers' mental representations in children's behavioural outcomes with a cultural perspective, we adapted the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) into Turkish, and then examined its predictive power. Considering culture-specific caregiving characteristics, we expected that the mental representations mothers have for their children would be systematically associated with their attachment avoidance rather than attachment anxiety in the Turkish context. Furthermore, maternal education was also hypothesised to be a critical factor in the mental representations of the mothers. Methods: First, mothers (N = 30) were interviewed using the WMCI by two trained researchers, and then they were asked to complete the measures of adult attachment and child adjustment. Results: The findings supported the validity of the WMCI in Turkey and demonstrated that the distribution of mothers in balanced, disengaged and distorted categories was similar to those found in Western cultures. As expected, mothers' attachment orientations, especially attachment avoidance, and maternal education were significantly associated with the mental representations they hold for their children. Conclusion: Mothers' attachment avoidance and low level of maternal education appeared to be the critical risk factors for their mental representations about their children. The findings were discussed considering culture-specific aspects of maternal representations, attachment orientations and caregiving behaviours.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of TurkeyTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [109K599]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey under Grant 109K599.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02646838.2015.1092020
dc.identifier.endpage63en_US
dc.identifier.issn0264-6838
dc.identifier.issn1469-672X
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84955697549
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage49en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2015.1092020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/537
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000375930400006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorHarma, Mehmet
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectWorking Model Of The Child Interviewen_US
dc.subjectAttachment Avoidanceen_US
dc.subjectCulture-Specific Caregivingen_US
dc.titleTurkish mothers' attachment orientations and mental representations of their children
dc.typeArticle

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