Effects of safe attachment and psychosocial risk in the infant problems interiorized and exteriorized

Abstract

The secure attachment to the main caretaker is a promoter of the children's development. The aim of this study was to analyze the mediating and moderating effects of the secure attachment between the psychosocial risk and the children´s psychological adjustment. The sample was composed of two matched groups: a social risk group from a foster care center in Madrid (n=30; 60% boys); and a non-social risk group (n=30; 58% males) from the general population. The average age of children was 5.45 years.Our results suggest the secure attachment role as a potential explicative mechanism of relations between the social risk context and the children´s psychological adjustment. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords

• seguridad del apego
• contexto de riesgo psicosocial
• ajuste psicológico