Parental secure base support and child secure base use in Mexican same-sex families
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Salinas-Quiroz, Fernando
Rodríguez-Sánchez, Fabiola
Cambón, Verónica
Silva, Paola
Costa, Pedro Alexandre
Martínez, Antonio
Abstract / Description
The aim of this research was to determine whether the well-documented link between heterosexual parents’ secure base support (i.e., sensitivity) and child secure base behavior (i.e., security) was present among Mexican same-sex families with 1-to 6-year-old-children. The sample included 22 child-caregiver dyads from four lesbian and four gay families. Four trained independent observers used the q-sort methodology (Maternal Behavior Q-set/Mother Behavior with Preschoolers Q-set and
Attachment Q-set) to describe parents’ and children’s behavior, respectively. A robust regression model by Siegel method for predicting security with sensitivity as regressor was statistically significant for the whole sample with a statistical power of .89, consistent with the existing evidence in studies with different and same-sex families. Both sensitivity and attachment security are fundamentally relational constructs, not caregiver/child’s traits; they are relationship specific, as the results of the regression analysis showed. Despite the sample size, our findings prove attachment theory as a useful theoretical framework to study caregiver-child interactions no matter parents’ sexual orientation neither the family structure.
Keyword(s)
attachment sensitivity gay fathers lesbian mothers LGBTQ parentsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-08-11
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Publisher
PsychArchives
Publication status
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Citation
Salinas-Quiroz, F., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Cambón, V., Silva, P., Costa, P. A., & Martínez, A. (in press). Parental secure base support and child secure base use in Mexican same-sex families [Author accepted manuscript]. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5039
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Salinas-Quiroz, Fernando
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rodríguez-Sánchez, Fabiola
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Cambón, Verónica
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Silva, Paola
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Costa, Pedro Alexandre
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Martínez, Antonio
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Date of first publication2021-08-11
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Abstract / DescriptionThe aim of this research was to determine whether the well-documented link between heterosexual parents’ secure base support (i.e., sensitivity) and child secure base behavior (i.e., security) was present among Mexican same-sex families with 1-to 6-year-old-children. The sample included 22 child-caregiver dyads from four lesbian and four gay families. Four trained independent observers used the q-sort methodology (Maternal Behavior Q-set/Mother Behavior with Preschoolers Q-set and Attachment Q-set) to describe parents’ and children’s behavior, respectively. A robust regression model by Siegel method for predicting security with sensitivity as regressor was statistically significant for the whole sample with a statistical power of .89, consistent with the existing evidence in studies with different and same-sex families. Both sensitivity and attachment security are fundamentally relational constructs, not caregiver/child’s traits; they are relationship specific, as the results of the regression analysis showed. Despite the sample size, our findings prove attachment theory as a useful theoretical framework to study caregiver-child interactions no matter parents’ sexual orientation neither the family structure.en_US
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Publication statusacceptedVersion
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Review statusreviewed
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CitationSalinas-Quiroz, F., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Cambón, V., Silva, P., Costa, P. A., & Martínez, A. (in press). Parental secure base support and child secure base use in Mexican same-sex families [Author accepted manuscript]. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5039en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4465
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5039
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Language of contentengen_US
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PublisherPsychArchivesen_US
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.6457
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12404
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12404
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Keyword(s)attachmenten_US
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Keyword(s)sensitivityen_US
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Keyword(s)gay fathersen_US
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Keyword(s)lesbian mothersen_US
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Keyword(s)LGBTQ parentsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleParental secure base support and child secure base use in Mexican same-sex familiesen_US
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DRO typearticleen_US
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Visible tag(s)PsychOpen GOLDen_US
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Visible tag(s)Accepted Manuscripten_US