Attachment and Parenting from Chilean context: What do we know and future challenges

• In Event: Parenting and children´s socialization context in Chile: evidence on attachment, cognitive stimulation, and family functioning

Abstract

After more than seven decades of studies in attachment theory, a robust body of evidence has been assembled regarding the early bonds that children form with their caregivers in the first years of life. It has also generated an important contribution to the understanding of the normative and psychopathological trajectories that are related to early attachment bonds; however, most of these studies have concentrated on Western populations and developed countries. Even though there is a growing interest in implementing public policies aimed at children in Latin American countries (e.g., Chile Grows with You), taking attachment theory as a reference, few studies have been carried out in these latitudes, thus ignoring the cultural relevance of this theory in populations such as the Chilean one. A systematic review of studies on attachment and parenting conducted in Chile will be presented, identifying the effects on developmental trajectories and the implications for parenting in different socio-cultural contexts. In addition, the challenges that continue to be present in the study of attachment and parenting in Chile will be reviewed. Possible future lines of research will be presented

Author

• Rodrigo A. Cárcamo, University of Magallanes
  Presenting Author