The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care
The activation relationship refers to the emotional bond a child develops with a parent that helps ensure the regulation of risk-taking during child exploration of the surrounding environment. As a complement to Bowlby’s attachment theory, activation relationship theory provides a greater understand...
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| author | Daniel Paquette Chantal Cyr Sébastien Gaumon Martin St-André Mutsuko Émond-Nakamura Louise Boisjoly Irena Stikarovska Claud Bisaillon Guadalupe Puentes-Neuman |
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| description | The activation relationship refers to the emotional bond a child develops with a parent that helps ensure the regulation of risk-taking during child exploration of the surrounding environment. As a complement to Bowlby’s attachment theory, activation relationship theory provides a greater understanding of the impact of fathering on child development, focusing primarily on parental stimulation of risk-taking and control during child exploration. The overarching objective of this article is to better understand the association between children’s relationship quality with both parents, via the activation to father and the attachment to mother relationships, and child externalizing behaviors in a clinical sample. Fifty two-parent families (40 boys and 10 girls) were recruited at random from a population of children receiving treatment at the perinatal and early childhood psychiatry clinic. Results with 44 children (with complete cases) showed that overactivated preschoolers displayed more externalizing behaviors than did children with either an activated or an under-activated relationship with their father. Results also showed that children with a disorganized-controlling caregiving attachment to their mother marginally presented with higher levels of externalizing behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13a30ef86bb54ec99bc61b1131c223902023-12-03T11:57:14ZengMDPI AGPsychiatry International2673-53182021-02-0121597010.3390/psychiatryint2010005The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric CareDaniel Paquette0Chantal Cyr1Sébastien Gaumon2Martin St-André3Mutsuko Émond-Nakamura4Louise Boisjoly5Irena Stikarovska6Claud Bisaillon7Guadalupe Puentes-Neuman8School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaPerinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaPerinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaPerinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaPerinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, CanadaThe activation relationship refers to the emotional bond a child develops with a parent that helps ensure the regulation of risk-taking during child exploration of the surrounding environment. As a complement to Bowlby’s attachment theory, activation relationship theory provides a greater understanding of the impact of fathering on child development, focusing primarily on parental stimulation of risk-taking and control during child exploration. The overarching objective of this article is to better understand the association between children’s relationship quality with both parents, via the activation to father and the attachment to mother relationships, and child externalizing behaviors in a clinical sample. Fifty two-parent families (40 boys and 10 girls) were recruited at random from a population of children receiving treatment at the perinatal and early childhood psychiatry clinic. Results with 44 children (with complete cases) showed that overactivated preschoolers displayed more externalizing behaviors than did children with either an activated or an under-activated relationship with their father. Results also showed that children with a disorganized-controlling caregiving attachment to their mother marginally presented with higher levels of externalizing behavior.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5318/2/1/5externalizing behavioractivation relationshipattachmentfatherevolutionary perspective |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Paquette Chantal Cyr Sébastien Gaumon Martin St-André Mutsuko Émond-Nakamura Louise Boisjoly Irena Stikarovska Claud Bisaillon Guadalupe Puentes-Neuman The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care Psychiatry International externalizing behavior activation relationship attachment father evolutionary perspective |
| title | The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care |
| title_full | The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care |
| title_fullStr | The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care |
| title_short | The Activation Relationship to Father and the Attachment Relationship to Mother in Children with Externalizing Behaviors and Receiving Psychiatric Care |
| title_sort | activation relationship to father and the attachment relationship to mother in children with externalizing behaviors and receiving psychiatric care |
| topic | externalizing behavior activation relationship attachment father evolutionary perspective |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5318/2/1/5 |
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