The Relation of Attachment Security to Adolescents’ Paternal and Peer Relationships, Depression, and Externalizing Behavior

• Autores: Joseph P. Allen, Maryfrances R. Porter, F. Christy McFarland, Kathleen Boykin McElhaney, Penny Marsh
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 78, Nº. 4, 2007, págs. 1222-1239
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The relation of attachment security to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning was examined in a community sample of 167 early adolescents. Security of attachment organization, assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, was linked to success in establishing autonomy while maintaining a sense of relatedness both with fathers and with peers, even after accounting for predictions from qualities of the mother-teen relationship. Growth curve analyses revealed links of insecurity to increasing patterns of externalizing behavior and higher and stable patterns of depressive symptoms across adolescence. Implications for a developing theory of the connections of the attachment system to multiple domains of functioning in adolescence are discussed.