University of Maryland.
University of British Columbia.
Child Dev. 2021 Nov;92(6):2431-2446. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13592. Epub 2021 May 16.
This study examined whether early institutional rearing and attachment security influence the quality and quantity of friendships at age 16 in 138 participants, including children abandoned to institutions in Bucharest, Romania, who were randomized to care as usual (n = 45, 26 female), or foster care (n = 47, 25 female), and a never-institutionalized group (n = 46, 18 female). Adolescents in the foster care group with secure attachment to their foster mothers at 42 months were comparable to never-institutionalized adolescents in having more friends and more positive behaviors with their friend during dyadic interactions, compared to the foster care group with insecure attachment and care as usual group. Interventions targeting early child-caregiver attachment relationships may help foster the ability to build positive friendships in adolescence.
这项研究调查了早期的机构养育和依恋安全性是否会影响 138 名参与者（包括罗马尼亚布加勒斯特被遗弃在机构中的儿童）在 16 岁时的友谊质量和数量，这些参与者被随机分配到常规护理（n=45，26 名女性）、寄养（n=47，25 名女性）和从未入过机构的组（n=46，18 名女性）。与不安全依恋和常规护理组相比，在 42 个月时对养母有安全依恋的寄养组的青少年在与朋友的互动中拥有更多的朋友和更多的积极行为，而与从未入过机构的青少年相当。针对早期儿童-照顾者依恋关系的干预措施可能有助于培养青少年建立积极友谊的能力。
