Investigating preschool children's attachment styles and peer relationships

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate preschool children's attachment styles and peer relationships. The sample group of the study, in which a relational survey method was used, was comprised of 30 children (15 girls and 15 boys), aged 6, attending kindergartens of primary schools located in the centre of Denizli. For the study, teachers completed Ladd & Profilet Child Behaviour Scale and the Peer Victimisation Scale. Incomplete stories with doll family was applied to children individually by the researchers to define children's attachment styles. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.