ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLES, CHILDREN’S SELF-COMPETENCE, AND
CHILDREN’S COGNITIVE ABILITY: AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
The School of Human Ecology
by
Elizabeth Benchea Block
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1996
M.P.H., Tulane University, 1998
May, 2004