title: The child's tie to both parents: separation patterns and nursery school adjustment.
abstract: The three-year-old's mode of expressing separation distress, observed during nursery school adaptation, was explored in relation to parental child-care styles. The father-child relationship and the nature of parental differences were associated with the quality of nursery school adjustment, as illustrated by case reports. Implications for a broad conceptualization of parental functioning are discussed within the context of relevant literature.
mesh_terms: D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012578:Schools, Nursery; D012917:Social Adjustment