Adolescents’ multiple versus single primary attachment figures, reorganization of attachment hierarchy, and adjustments: the important people interview approach

Umemura, Tomotaka; Lacinová, Lenka; Kraus, Jakub; Horská, Eliška; Pivodová, Lenka

doi:10.1080/14616734.2018.1464040

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“…Attachment theory is concerned with the nature of the relationship between parents and their children [8]; however, internalized patterns of attachment have been shown to endure [9], with the early parent-child relationship establishing a model for later relationships [10]. The 'attachment hierarchy' [11] recognises that individuals can have many attachment relationships, with some more favoured than others. Attachment relationships provide security through the inter-related mechanisms of 'proximity seeking', 'safe haven', and 'secure base' [12].…”

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Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents

Clarke

Rose

2020

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Introduction A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the importance of mentalization for adolescents' psychosocial functioning; however, further research is needed to understand links between mentalization and other socio-cognitive factors. The aim of this quantitative, crosssectional study was to investigate the relationship between a teen's capacity to mentalize and three attachment-related factors: parent-teen trust, parent-teen communication, and parent-teen alienation. Methods In an online survey, 82 (mainly) Australian adolescents (57 female; 23 male; 2 non-binary; mean age 17.09 years) completed: i) The Children's Eyes Test, which measured mentalization; and ii) The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-45, which measured trust, communication quality, and alienation. Results In teens' relationships with both mothers and fathers, trust and communication quality were significantly positively correlated (p = .001) when controlling for age and gender. Both were significantly negatively correlated with alienation (p = .001) with control variables included. Capacity to mentalize did not correlate with trust, communication quality, or alienation in relationships with either mothers or fathers (p � .05). Conclusions Possible reasons are proposed for why no relationship was found between mentalization and trust, communication quality, or alienation. Implications for future research are discussed.

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“…During adolescence, the attachment hierarchy is restructured, with scholars highlighting the increased importance of relationships outside the family [11,[15][16][17][18][19][20]. This change in attachment hierarchy is partially explained by the substantial cognitive and social development occurring during adolescence [14].…”

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Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents

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Rose

2020

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“…Study 4 employed the data on young adults gathered from students at three Japanese universities (see [ 22 ], for details). We utilized a cross-sectional research design.…”

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“…The first question of the IPI, “To whom do you feel closest?,” does not measure young adults’ attachment preferences during the moment of distress, whereas the other questions of the IPI specifically measure attachment preferences during distress moments. In Japanese culture, “closest” friends may not necessarily be “attachment” friends (see [ 22 ], for more details).…”

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“…Specifically, the present study used four secondary datasets, which had been originally gathered for different purposes (see [ 19 ] for Study 1, [ 20 ] for Study 2, [ 21 ] for Study 3, & [ 22 ] for study 4). All the studies obtained the data for the mother, father, friend, and romantic partner, except for Study 2, which focused only on romantic relationships, and therefore only romantic data were obtained.…”

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Are one’s attachment avoidance toward a particular person and his/her placement of this particular person in the attachment hierarchy inversely overlapping? Four bifactor-analysis studies

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Do one’s hierarchical preference for attachment support from a particular person over other people (attachment hierarchy) and his/her discomfort with closeness and uneasiness about being dependent on that particular person (attachment avoidance) inversely overlap? These two constructs have been distinctly conceptualized. Attachment hierarchy has been regarded as a normative characteristic of attachment relationships, while attachment avoidance has been considered to reflect an individual difference of relationship quality. Employing bifactor analyses, we demonstrated a unidimensional general factor of these two concepts in four studies exploring Czech young adults’ relationships with mother, father, friends, and romantic partner (Study 1); U.S. young adults’ relationships with a romantic partner (Study 2); Czech adolescents’ relationships with mother, father, and friends (Study 3); and Japanese young adults’ relationships with mother, father, and romantic partner (Study 4). These convergent results provide the replicable and generalizable evidence that one’s attachment avoidance toward a particular person and her/his placement of that particular person in the attachment hierarchy are inversely overlapping.

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The Who, What, and How of Caregiving in Singapore

Ngoh,

Low

2024

Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Policies and Practice: Singapore and International Perspectives

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Adolescents’ multiple versus single primary attachment figures, reorganization of attachment hierarchy, and adjustments: the important people interview approach

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents

Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents

Are one’s attachment avoidance toward a particular person and his/her placement of this particular person in the attachment hierarchy inversely overlapping? Four bifactor-analysis studies

The Who, What, and How of Caregiving in Singapore

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