摘要：The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of mothers` authoritative and authoritarian childrearing attitudes to their 5-year-old children`s attachment representations and to teacher-rated social competence. The sample consisted of 69 mothers and their 5-year-old children from intact families. Children were interviewed to assess the quality of their attachment representations using Slough & Greenberg`s(1990) version of the Separation Anxiety Test(SAT). Mothers were administered the Childrearing Practices Report Q-sort(Block,1965) and filled out questionnaires regarding their childhood experiences,their marital relationship and their psychological well-being. In addition,teachers rated children`s social competency in school settings using Kohn`s(1972) Social Competence Scale. Hierarchical multiple regression showed that mothers` high scores on affective components of authoritative parenting and low scores on authoritarian attitudes are closely associated with children`s secure attachment as well as teacher-rated social competence.
