Teacher-child emotional matching: The role of attachment representation

Journal title RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Author/s Annalisa Valle, Davide Massaro, Valentina Cornetti, Ilaria Castelli, Antonella Marchetti
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2019/4
Language English Pages 12 P. 587-598 File size 184 KB
DOI 10.3280/RIP2019-004002
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This study examines the role of children’s representation of attachment relationships in emotional matching as shown in teacher-child dyads engaged in Autobiographical Emotional Events Dialogue (AEED; Oppenheim, 2007). This task involves the dyad in the co-construction of narratives related to significant emotional episodes lived by the child and evaluates the participation of both partners during this process. Participants were thirty-seven children from five to seven years of age with their three teachers: the dyads completed the AEED and the children were tested with the Separation Anxiety Test - School Version, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised, and the Coloured Progressive Matricies. The results evidenced a link between the quality of teacher-child attach ment from the child’s point of view and the emotional matching: children who have a secure representation of attachment significantly increase the probability that the dyad will be emotionally matched.

Keywords: Teacher-child relationship, emotional matching, attachment, emotional events dialogue.

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Annalisa Valle, Davide Massaro, Valentina Cornetti, Ilaria Castelli, Antonella Marchetti, Teacher-child emotional matching: The role of attachment representation in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA " 4/2019, pp 587-598, DOI: 10.3280/RIP2019-004002