Abstract Relationships among attachment to each parent, children's social self‐efficacy, and the quality of peer relations (attachment to peers and perceptions of victimization) were explored with 67 fifth and sixth graders (31 female) attending a rural elementary school. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed main effects for gender and attachment to mother relative to the attachment to peers variable, with girls and more securely attached children reporting higher quality attachment to peers. Main effects were also detected for gender and attachment to father relative to social self‐efficacy, with girls and more securely attached children exhibiting higher self‐efficacy. No main effects were observed relative to the peer victimization variable. None of the interaction effects involving gender and attachment to each parent relative to attachment to peers, peer victimization, and social self‐efficacy were significant. Finally, evidence for mediation of attachment to father on attachment to peers by children's social self‐efficacy was revealed. Implications of the results are discussed and ideas for future research are provided. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.

Priscilla K. Coleman

Infant and Child Development

Infant and Child Development publishes high quality empirical, theoretical and methodological papers addressing psychological development from the antenatal period through to adolescence. The journal brings together research on:    - social and emotional development  - perceptual and motor development  - cognitive development  - language development    atypical development (including conduct problems, anxiety and depressive conditions, language impairments, autistic spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders)

The journal "Infant and Child Development" publishes high-quality empirical, theoretical, and methodological papers that address psychological development from the antenatal period through adolescence. It brings together research on: - social and emotional development - perceptual and motor development - cognitive development - language development - atypical development (including conduct problems, anxiety and depressive conditions, language impairments, autistic spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders).

《Infant and Child Development》期刊发表高质量的实证、理论和方法论论文，关注从产前到青春期的心理发展。期刊汇集了以下研究领域：- 社会和情感发展 - 感知和运动发展 - 认知发展 - 语言发展 - 非典型发展（包括行为问题、焦虑和抑郁状况、语言障碍、自闭症谱系障碍以及注意缺陷/多动障碍）

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Perceptions of parent‐child attachment, social self‐efficacy, and peer relationships in middle childhood

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