The Female Kindergarten Teachers’ Relationships with Children with Insecure Attachment and Their Relationship with the Verbal Abilities of Those Children

Kawthar Mousa Mohammad Al Salhout ,Jehan Wadiea Mattar

doi:10.7176/jep/11-33-17

Abstract

The present study aimed to explore the female kindergarten teachers’ relationships with children with insecure attachment. It aimed to explore the relationship between such relationships and the verbal abilities of those children in University district, Amman. The sample consists from 110 children (i.e. 71 male children and 39 female children). Those children with insecure attachment with caregivers. The researchers adopted a descriptive correlative approach. They used a scale to identify the insecure attachment pattern. The latter scale was used to collect data from the primary caregivers of the children. The correlation coefficient values of the latter scale are within the range of (0.260- 0.631). The Cronbach alpha coefficient value of the latter scale is 0.903. The researchers also used a scale for exploring the female kindergarten teachers’ relationship with the children. The latter scale was used to collect data from the female kindergarten teachers. The correlation coefficient values of the latter scale are within the range of (0.552- 0.169). The Cronbach alpha coefficient value of the latter scale is 0.875. The researchers used a scale for assessing the verbal abilities of each child. The correlation coefficient values of the latter scale are within the range of (0.187- 0.624). The Cronbach alpha coefficient value of the latter scale is 0.875). The level of the positive relationships between the female kindergarten teachers and the children with insecure attachment in Amman is moderate (m=2.600). The mean of the (closeness) dimension is high. The mean of the (conflict) demission and the mean of (dependency) dimension are low. 51.8% of the sampled children have moderate verbal abilities level. There are statistically significant correlation between the kindergarten teachers’ relationships with those children and the children’s verbal abilities. It was found that 24.9% of the changes in the female kindergarten teacher-children relationship can be attributed to the children’s verbal abilities Keywords: Insecure attachment pattern, female kindergarten teachers’ relationships, verbal abilities, kindergarten children DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-33-17 Publication date: November 30 th 2020

Highlights

The first five years of one’s life have a significant impact on one’s personality and development
What is the level of the positive relationships between the female kindergarten teachers and the children with insecure attachment in Amman? Q.2
What is the verbal abilities level of the children suffering from insecure attachment in Amman? Q.3

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Introduction

The first five years of one’s life have a significant impact on one’s personality and development. Many scholars specialized in the psychology field (e.g. Freud, Erikson and Bowlby) issued publications about those years of one’s life. They wrote about the factors that affect this stage of life. Such factors include: genetic internal factors and environmental external factors. The genetic internal factors include: the child’s attachment pattern and verbal abilities. The environmental external factors are represented in factors related to the child’s surrounding environment. They include: the kindergarten enrolment and the extent of interacting socially with others

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