Research Article
Rearing Styles, Parents' Attachment Mental State,and Children's Social Abilities: The Link to Peer Acceptance
Table 2
Differences (Mann-Whitney ) between childrenās behavioral orientation towards peers according to security and insecurity of their parents.
| Attachment | Prosociality | Aggression | Isolation | ācategories | Mean rank | | Mean rank | | Mean rank | |
| Mothers | | | | | | | āInsecure | 13.81 | 85.0* | 19.38 | 114.0 | 19.16 | 117.5 | āSecure | 20.78 | 15.83 | 16.03 |
| Fathers | | | | | | | āInsecure | 15.29 | 107.0 | 17.68 | 124.5 | 20.53 | 76.0* | āSecure | 18.81 | | 16.28 | | 13.25 | |
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