شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

Childhood is one of the most important stages in human life as each child needs to form safe attachment to someone like a mother or father or any family member taking care of him all the time because attachment gives them a sense of security and makes their upbringing an easy mission. If a family atmosphere is characterized by love, warmth and compassion, there will be safe attachment relations between the child and his family for the relationship between child and caregiver is mainly the basis for future relations. A family member, especially the mother, has a great and important role. The relationship between mother and child is a mainstay in the interaction and social growth and that this relation affects the child, particularly in safety of attachment and stability over time as the mother is the foundation on which to build intimate relationships and social interactions in general. The class of pupils is from the social classes that are highly exposed to many types of pressures and problems of adoption. The poor conditions we encounter in our society which prompted many families to move from one place to another in search of the safety and confidence of their members led to weakness of adjustment with others, and here arises the problem of the study by questioning about the child that is attached a safe attachment, does it influence its social interaction? Due to the importance of the topic of attachment and social interaction, it is tackled by various studies and interpreted by many theories. The researcher has adopted an integrative framework of the various theories. The researcher did not find, to his knowledge, any similar study addressing safe attachment and its relation to social interaction among primary school pupils, a fact that incited the researcher to conduct this study. The study aims at tackling the following: 1) measuring safe attachment in primary school pupils from the mother's viewpoint. 2) Gauging safe attachment in primary school pupils in accordance with sex variables (male-female). 3) Examining social interaction in primary school pupils from the teacher's point of view. 4) Weighing social interaction in primary school pupils in harmony with sex variables (male-female). 5) Assessing the relation between safe attachment and social interaction in primary school pupils. The scope of the study is limited to primary school pupils (1st & 2nd stages) making use of the help of their mothers and teachers in the academic year 2013-2014. In order to achieve the goals of the study, the researcher espoused a safe attachment measure (Ahmed: 2011). The test validity is verified through exposing it to a group of experts who have proven its validity. The scale reliability is verified by means of re-testing forming a reliability coefficient of (0.82), which reflects a good reliability factor. In addition, the alpha coefficient for internal consistency is applied which shows a reliability coefficient equal to (0.86) which is again mirrors sufficient stability. The researcher steered a social interaction scale consisting of four different axes, namely; communication expectation, recognizing and representing the role, and symbols of significance. The researcher proved the sincerity of the social interaction scale by forming its (43) items that are presented then to a group of experts who certified its validity after some modifications, bringing the total number of items to (30). The items are statistically analyzed by means of measuring the discriminatory power which showed that all items are distinctive and statistically significant. Also found is the relation of the item mark to the overall score. The scale stability is confirmed through re-testing as stability factor is (0.80) which is a sufficient coefficient. In addition, the alpha coefficient for internal consistency is applied, resulting in a reliability factor level of (0.86), which is a gain a good factor. Then the two scales are applied on a total sample of (400) primary school pupils (1st & 2nd stages) that is randomly selected. The study has come to the following results: 1) primary school students carry safe attachment. 2) There are no statistically significant differences between males and females regarding the study variables (safe attachment and social interaction). 3) The study sample members have social interaction. 4) There is a positive correlation between safe attachment and social interaction in primary school pupils. After that the researcher provided a set of recommendations and suggestions. (Published abstract)