Running Head: MEDIATION VIA EMOTIONAL INSECURITY 1 Maternal Warmth and Early Adolescents’ Internalizing Symptoms and Externalizing Behavior: Mediation via Emotional Insecurity Albert Alegre East Stroudsburg University, Mount Tabor, NJ, USA Mark J. Benson Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA Núria Pérez-Escoda Universidad de Barcelona, Spain Corresponding Author: Albert Alegre, East Stroudsburg University. Email: merchalbert@yahoo.es