Papers by Vasiliki Repana
Siraj-Blatchford, Iram and Siraj-Blatchford, John (2001) Kidsmart: The Phase 1 UK Evaluation 2000... more Siraj-Blatchford, Iram and Siraj-Blatchford, John (2001) Kidsmart: The Phase 1 UK Evaluation 2000-2001: Final Project Report. Project Report. International Business Machines (IBM), [London]. ... Full text not available from this repository. ... Report prepared for ...
Early Child Development and Care, 2021
We examined representations of attachment security using story stem narratives (Manchester Attach... more We examined representations of attachment security using story stem narratives (Manchester Attachment Story Task, MCAST) and a family drawing task in 50 Greek children between 4 and 6 years old. Ad...
This is a school based ethnographic style inquiry that took place in four intercultural primary s... more This is a school based ethnographic style inquiry that took place in four intercultural primary schools in a major metropolitan area of Greece and extended over a period of a school year. Intercultural schools were introduced in Greece by Law in 1996 and that was the first official recognition of the educational needs of children coming from different cultural backgrounds. The overall aim of this thesis is to uncover teachers' beliefs and practices and explore by an in depth analysis, the everyday operation of intercultural schools in Greece by identifying both their explicit aims and hidden agendas in relation to the education of 'foreign' children. It aimed to unravel their everyday schooling processes and examine intercultural ideology in practice. The study used a mixture of qualitative methods that included observations, interviews with the head teachers, classroom and bilingual teachers and analysis of school based and educational policy documents. The findings sug...
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, 2021
We examined representations of attachment security using story stem
narratives (Manchester Attach... more We examined representations of attachment security using story stem
narratives (Manchester Attachment Story Task, MCAST) and a family
drawing task in 50 Greek children between 4 and 6 years old.
Additionally, we examined the association between attachment
classification based on the family drawing task and maternal reports of
social and emotional symptoms assessed using the Strengths and
Difficulties Questionnaire. Attachment security classification based on
the MCAST was not significantly associated with attachment security
classification based on the family drawings. There was a small to
medium strength significant association between drawing-based
insecure attachment classification and higher scores on conduct
problems and inattention/hyperactivity ratings. However, the
associations were not statistically significant after controlling for the
effects of child gender, and maternal education and age. The findings
are discussed in relation to the properties of the family drawing task to
measure attachment security in the preschool and early middle
childhood years.
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Conduct problems (CP) are common behaviour difficulties in young children. Poor parenting and car... more Conduct problems (CP) are common behaviour difficulties in young children. Poor parenting and caregiver-child attachment relationships are important risk factors of CP, but more research is required to understand their concurrent contribution to CP in the early childhood years. We examined the association of maternal-reported conduct problems (CP) (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) with maternal-reported harsh and inconsistent discipline (Preschool-Alabama Parenting Questionnaire) and children's representations of attachment (Manchester Attachment Story Task) in a sample of children between 4 and 6 years old (n = 66). Correlation analysis showed that CP were associated with attachment insecurity, high levels of attachment disorganisation, and maternal harsh and inconsistent discipline. Regression analysis showed that disorganisation and inconsistent discipline explained unique variance in CP ratings even after controlling for the effects of confounding variables. The findings suggest that attachment disorganisation and aspects of poor maternal discipline in early childhood reflect parallel processes with unique contributions to CP.
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Papers by Vasiliki Repana
narratives (Manchester Attachment Story Task, MCAST) and a family
drawing task in 50 Greek children between 4 and 6 years old.
Additionally, we examined the association between attachment
classification based on the family drawing task and maternal reports of
social and emotional symptoms assessed using the Strengths and
Difficulties Questionnaire. Attachment security classification based on
the MCAST was not significantly associated with attachment security
classification based on the family drawings. There was a small to
medium strength significant association between drawing-based
insecure attachment classification and higher scores on conduct
problems and inattention/hyperactivity ratings. However, the
associations were not statistically significant after controlling for the
effects of child gender, and maternal education and age. The findings
are discussed in relation to the properties of the family drawing task to
measure attachment security in the preschool and early middle
childhood years.
narratives (Manchester Attachment Story Task, MCAST) and a family
drawing task in 50 Greek children between 4 and 6 years old.
Additionally, we examined the association between attachment
classification based on the family drawing task and maternal reports of
social and emotional symptoms assessed using the Strengths and
Difficulties Questionnaire. Attachment security classification based on
the MCAST was not significantly associated with attachment security
classification based on the family drawings. There was a small to
medium strength significant association between drawing-based
insecure attachment classification and higher scores on conduct
problems and inattention/hyperactivity ratings. However, the
associations were not statistically significant after controlling for the
effects of child gender, and maternal education and age. The findings
are discussed in relation to the properties of the family drawing task to
measure attachment security in the preschool and early middle
childhood years.