parent attachment

collocation in English

meaningsofparentandattachment

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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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attachment
noun
uk
/əˈtætʃ.mənt/us
/əˈtætʃ.mənt/
an extra piece of equipment that can be added to ...
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(Definition ofparentandattachmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparent attachment

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Two coders, blind to diary data and fosterparentattachmentclassification, rated each tape.
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Neither age of placement nor fosterparentattachmentwas related to changes in the levels of avoidant behavior over time.
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Neither age at placement nor fosterparentattachmentpredicted change over time.
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Another possible area of study in this regard is child -parentattachment.
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On the other hand, a secure child-parentattachmentfunctioned as a protective factor against adjustment difficulties otherwise associated with marital conflict.
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Attachment in assessing the quality of child-parentattachmentin the preschool years.
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The bond linking a parent to offspring involves the caregiving behavioral system, for example, which makes it psychologically distinct from the infant -parentattachmentrelationship.
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Marital behavior and the security of preschooler-parentattachmentrelationships.
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Marital conflict and the development of infantparentattachmentrelationships.
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These sources of influence may have direct associations with the quality of infant -parentattachment or may have indirect associations through their influences on parenting behavior.
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In this larger sample, which includes the original 10 cases, we tested our preliminary findings regarding timing of placement and fosterparentattachmentstate of mind.
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Assessments of child -parentattachmentat five to seven years of age.
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Assessment of child -parentattachmentat six years of age.
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Marital conflict and the development of infant -parentattachmentrelationships.
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