The relationship between attachment representations and minimal intergroup bias in preschool-aged children

IF 3.1 1区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Antonia Misch, Andrea Kramer, Markus Paulus
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Abstract

Attachment theory proposes that young children's experiences with their caregivers has a tremendous influence on how children navigate their social relationships. By the end of early childhood, intergroup contexts play an important role in their social life and children build strong ties to their ingroups. Although both domains relate to the same psychological processes—children's affective ties to others—surprisingly very little research has addressed how children's attachment relates to their intergroup attitudes and behavior. In this study, we investigate the link. For that purpose, 5-year-old children (= 100) first underwent the German Attachment Story Completion Task (GEV-B). Then we allocated children into minimal groups based on T-Shirt color and assessed their intergroup attitudes and intergroup behavior. Results showed that while most children showed a strong and robust ingroup bias in their attitudes and behavior, children with an insecure-ambivalent attachment representation treated in- and outgroup similarly. Overall, this study provides novel perspectives on the relationship between children's attachment representation and their interactions in the social world.

Research Highlights

  • This study provides novel insights into the relationship between children's attachment security and the development of intergroup bias in a minimal group context
  • Children with secure, insecure-avoidant and disorganized attachment representation showed a strong intergroup bias in explicit attitudes and behavior
  • Children with insecure-ambivalent attachment representation displayed no intergroup bias
  • Insecure-ambivalent attachment representations might be detrimental to the formation of ingroup attachment

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学龄前儿童的依恋表征与最小群体间偏见之间的关系。
依恋理论认为,幼儿与照顾者相处的经历对他们如何处理社会关系有着巨大的影响。到幼儿期结束时,群体间的环境在他们的社会生活中扮演了重要角色,儿童与他们的内群体建立了牢固的联系。虽然这两个领域都与儿童与他人的情感联系这一心理过程有关,但令人惊讶的是,很少有研究涉及儿童的依恋与他们的群体间态度和行为之间的关系。在本研究中,我们对这种联系进行了调查。为此,5 岁儿童(n = 100)首先接受了德国依恋故事完成任务(GEV-B)。然后,我们根据 T-Shirt 的颜色将儿童分成最小组,并对他们的群体间态度和群体间行为进行评估。结果表明,虽然大多数儿童在态度和行为上表现出强烈的内群体偏向,但具有不安全-矛盾依恋表征的儿童对待内群体和外群体的态度是相似的。总之,本研究为儿童的依恋表征与他们在社会世界中的互动关系提供了新的视角。研究亮点:本研究对儿童的依恋安全感与最小群体背景下群体间偏见的发展之间的关系提供了新的见解 安全型、不安全型-回避型和无组织型依恋表征的儿童在明确的态度和行为中表现出强烈的群体间偏见 不安全型-矛盾型依恋表征的儿童没有表现出群体间偏见 不安全型-矛盾型依恋表征可能不利于内群体依恋的形成。
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CiteScore
8.10
自引率
8.10%
发文量
132
期刊介绍: Developmental Science publishes cutting-edge theory and up-to-the-minute research on scientific developmental psychology from leading thinkers in the field. It is currently the only journal that specifically focuses on human developmental cognitive neuroscience. Coverage includes: - Clinical, computational and comparative approaches to development - Key advances in cognitive and social development - Developmental cognitive neuroscience - Functional neuroimaging of the developing brain
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