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2.Isthereaneffectofmothers'workingmodelsofattachmentand emotionalexpressionontheirpreschoolers'behavioralproblems? .Methods Ⅱ 1.Participants Thesubjectsforthisstudywere215motherswhosepreschoolerswere enrolledin5kindergartenslocatedinSeoul-siandGyeoung-Sangprovince. 2.Measures 1)Mother'sWorkingModelsofAttachment Workingmodelsofattachmentwereassessedusingameasureof Rini(2001)whichwasusedbyadultattachmentstyledimensions(Collins, 1996).Theinstrumentconsistedofthreefive-itemsub-scales:(1)extentto whichtherespondentiscomfortablewithcloseness(e.g.,"Ifinditrelatively easytogetclosetopeople"),(20theextenttowhichtherespondentfeels comfortabledependingonothers(e.g."Ifinditdifficulttoallowmyselfto dependonothers"),and(3)theextenttowhichtherespondentisanxious aboutbeingrejectedbyothers(e.g.,"Inrelationships,Ioftenworrythatmy partnerdoesnotreallyloveme").Responsesweremadefroma5-Likert type.Anindexofworkingmodelswasformedbyreversingscoresas appropriateandcomputingthemeanofresponsestoallitemsacross sub-scales.Inthepresentsample,thescalehadagoodinternal reliability(Cronbach'salpha=.82). 2)Mother'sEmotionalExpression Mother'sEmotionalexpressionwasassessedusingarevisedversion ChristineMarieRini(2001),whichwasbasedontheinstrumentof Stanton(1996).Thescaleconsistedof8items.Itemswereincludedsuchas