Research Article
Rearing Styles, Parents' Attachment Mental State,and Children's Social Abilities: The Link to Peer Acceptance
Table 1
Mean, mean rank, and Mann-Whitney of mothersā and fathersā interactive categories as function of their attachment classifications.
| Parental | Secure | Insecure | Mann-Whitney | āinteractive styles | Mean | Mean rank | Mean | Mean rank | | |
| Positive behavior | | | | | | | āMothers | 14.24 | 22.31 | 6.00 | 12.09 | 57.50 | .003 | āFathers | 13.38 | 21.53 | 5.41 | 12.74 | 63.50 | .009 |
| Negative behavior | | | | | | | āMothers | 0.72 | 14.17 | 3.25 | 21.25 | 84.00 | .031 | āFathers | 0.19 | 13.53 | 1.24 | 20.26 | 80.50 | .020 |
| Control patterns | | | | | | | āMothers | 1.39 | 14.08 | 3.94 | 21.34 | 82.50 | .030 | āFathers | 1.94 | 17.38 | 2.00 | 16.25 | 130.00 | .823 |
| Neutral conversation | | | | | | | āMothers | 14.22 | 19.06 | 11.94 | 15.75 | 116.00 | .333 | āFathers | 12.81 | 14.97 | 15.00 | 18.91 | 103.50 | .241 |
| Correcting | | | | | | | āMothers | 2.78 | 18.58 | 2.19 | 16.28 | 124.50 | .490 | āFathers | 1.31 | 16.41 | 1.29 | 17.56 | 126.50 | .707 |
| Disconfirming | | | | | | | āMothers | 0.17 | 14.83 | 1.00 | 20.50 | 96.00 | .039 | āFathers | 0.50 | 13.56 | 1.12 | 20.24 | 81.00 | .028 |
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Note: significant differences in bold.
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