Teacher Interpersonal Relations in the Classroom: The Role of Students’ Attachment Experiences

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Abstract

Attachment theory proposes that early parent-child relationships provide the basis for all future close relationships of the child, through childhood and adolescence into later life. The purpose of the present study was to investigate a hierarchical / intergrative model of the effect of parental attachment relationships on preadolescents’ close relationships (peer attachment, perceptions of teacher’s interpersonal behavior). Two independent samples took part in the study comprising of 270 and 306 preadolescents. Data was analyzed with the use Structural Equation Modeling. Results indicated that the child-parent relationship precedes and predicts the quality of other interpersonal interactions in the classroom context thus supporting the hierarchical working model.

Authors

• Kyriakos S. Charalampous, Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture

• Constantinos M. Kokkinos, Democritus University of Thrace

• Ekaterini Apota, Democritus University of Thrace

• Anastasia Iliadou, Democritus University of Thrace

• Maria Iosifidou, Democritus University of Thrace

• Sofia Moysidou, Democritus University of Thrace

• Ekaterini Vriza, Democritus University of Thrace