Guided by the emotional security hypothesis, this research identified (1) individual differences in children's strategies for preserving their emotional security in the interparental relationship, and (2) the psychosocial and family correlates of these individual differences. Study 1 assessed reactivity to parental conflict simulations among 56 school-age children, whereas Study 2 solicited chi...

With increasing dependency on IT infrastructure, the main objective of a system administrator is to maintain a stable and secure network, with ensure that the network is robust enough against malicious network users like attackers and intruders. Security risk management provides way to manage the growing threats to infrastructures or system. This paper proposes a framework for risk level estima...

Nowadays the management of the security of goods and persons is a stake mattering in industries. In general, product’s security level is the matter of each individual product and it often depends on products’ interactions within vicinity. An efficient security management needs to be based on distributed security model supported by each individual products. Ambient and communication technologies...

Emotional reliance is a motivational construct reflecting the willingness to seek interpersonal support (Ryan, La Guardia, Solky-Butzel, Chirkov, & Kim, 2005). Given the importance of interpersonal support during stressful events (Cohen, Sherrod, & Clark, 1986; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1991), the willingness to seek interpersonal support may be especially relevant to counselors and other hel...

This study investigated the relationships between children's secure base and emotion regulation, namely their behavioral strategies and emotional expressiveness, during different situational and social contexts in naturalistic settings. Fifty-five children ranging in age from 18 to 26 months of age and their mothers participated in this study. Children were exposed to three situational (fear, p...

CUMULATIVE RISK, PARENTAL EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVITY, ANDPARENTAL SECURE BASE AS PREDICTORS OF CHILDREN’S SOCIALCOMPETENCEbyCAITLIN MARIE MCLEARMay 2013Advisor: Dr. Christopher J. TrentacostaMajor: Psychology (Clinical)Degree: Master of ArtsThere is substantial evidence in the literature focusing on the effects a child’s socialcompetence can have on futur...