Adolescents' perceptions of their attachment relationships with their mothers, fathers, and friends

Paterson, Janis; Field, Jeff; Pryor, Jan

doi:10.1007/bf01537737

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“…First, these findings yielded a higher prevalence of adolescents' secure attachment with mothers than with fathers. These results were similar to prior reports on children of school age (Verschueren & Marcoen, 2005) as well as adolescents (Lieberman et al, 1999;Paterson, Field, & Pryor, 1994;Youniss & Smollar, 1985). Second, the current finding that male and female adolescents reported a similar prevalence of secure attachment with their parents supports the non-significant sex differences found recently for children in middle childhood (Booth-Laforce et al, 2006) and also coincides with the assumptions underlying attachment theory, suggesting that attachment security does not vary as a function of children's sex (Bowlby, 1973(Bowlby, , 1982(Bowlby, /1969.…”

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Adolescents’ Subtypes of Attachment Security with Fathers and Mothers and Self-Perceptions of Socioemotional Adjustment

Al‐Yagon¹

2011

PSYCH

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The study examined adolescents' secure attachment with both versus one parent, for deeper understanding of adolescents' perceptions of their socioemotional adjustment. Specifically, the current study aimed to identify different attachment profiles with father and mother among 203 adolescents aged 15 -17 years and to examine whether these profiles associated differently with their self-rated peer-network loneliness and peer-dyadic loneliness, positive and negative affect, and internalizing behavior problems. Descriptive statistics demonstrated that more adolescents were classified as securely attached to mothers than to fathers. No significant associations emerged between adolescents' sex and attachment classification distributions with mothers or fathers. Using k-means clustering methods, four distinct clusters emerged: secure attachment to both parents/to neither/to only father/to only mother. Tukey HSD and Scheffe procedures validated the attachment clusters, revealing significant inter-cluster differences on all of the adolescents' socioemotional measures. The current results also highlighted that the group of adolescents who felt securely attached to both parents was least vulnerable to experiencing socioemotional difficulties. In addition, secure attachment only to one's mother and not to one's father did not seem to act as a protective factor for these adolescents, with the exception of protection from peer-dyadic loneliness. Discussion focused on understanding the possible contribution of parent-adolescent secure attachment among these subgroups of typically developing adolescents.

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Adolescents’ Subtypes of Attachment Security with Fathers and Mothers and Self-Perceptions of Socioemotional Adjustment

Al‐Yagon¹

2011

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“…Estes resultados parecem sugerir que o relacionamento com a figura paterna é o mais afectado com o processo de divórcio parental, o que vai ao encontro de um número considerável de estudos que referem que o relacionamento das crianças ou jovens com a figura paterna, no caso das famílias divorciadas, poderá sofrer alterações substanciais, na medida em que o contacto tem tendência a tornar-se menos frequente (Amato & Booth, 1996;Cooney, 1994;Dunlop et al, 2001;Emery, 1988;Henry & Holmes, 1998;Hetherington, Cox & Cox, 1978;Ozen, 2003;Paterson et al, 1994;Sobolewski & Amato, 2007). Acrescente-se que o conflito interparental é um dos factores que contribui decisivamente para a separação parental e está habitualmente presente no período prévio à separação, logo, é provável que os filhos de famílias divorciadas reportem uma maior frequência e intensidade de situações conflituosas entre os pais (Hanson, 1999).…”

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Vinculação aos pais, divórcio e conflito interparental em adolescentes

Moura¹,

Matos²

2014

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Este estudo pretendeu identificar variações na qualidade da vinculação aos pais em função da estrutura familiar (famílias intactas e divorciadas) e do conflito interparental, tendo sido igualmente analisadas as diferenças de género do adolescente e das figuras parentais. Deste estudo fizeram parte 310 jovens dos 14 aos 18 anos de idade de ambos os géneros. Os questionários utilizados foram o Questionário de Vinculação ao Pai e à Mãe (QVPM; Matos & Costa, 2001, versão revista) e o The Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC; Grych, Seid & Fincham, 1992). Ambos os instrumentos revelaram ter qualidades psicométricas adequadas, testadas a partir de análises factoriais confirmatórias e da consistência interna. Os resultados apontam para o facto de a situação de divórcio afectar mais o relacionamento do jovem com a figura paterna, enquanto que o conflito interparental surge como a variável mais preditora da vinculação aos pais, afectando a qualidade do laço emocional relativamente a ambas as figuras parentais, independentemente da estrutura familiar.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v22i1.341

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“…En las madres, el uso del estilo integrador viene justificado por la especial relación que mantienen con sus hijos adolescentes, con los que comparten cinco veces más tiempo que los padres (Csikzentmihalyi y Larson, 1984), así como por la percepción más positiva de los propios adolescentes sobre las relaciones con las madres (Paterson, Field y Pryor, 1994), definidas por importantes vínculos afectivos. En este sentido, hay que tener en cuenta que la relación madrehijos/as adolescentes se identifica con más tiempo compartido y con una mayor complicidad (Parra y Oliva, 2002;Rodrigo et al, 2008).…”

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La Percepción De Padres Y Madres en El Ejercicio Del Rol Parental

González

Blanco

Herrero

2017

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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In the so called Information and Knowledge Society, social and cultural capital are expected values. Despite the technological and scientific progres and the unstoppable development of Information and Communication Technologies, the doubts families feel about how to performe their parental role increases. Although the range of resources parents and children have at their disposal to get information to resolve those doubts is very wide (printed material, telephone, chats, social networks…), it seems that there is still lack of communication among the family members, which bring about conflicts which are not always solved in a constructive way. So, it is relevant to build nets which may support the educational and socialization role of the family. This paper analizes how 689 fathers and mothers perceive themselves regading communication strategies with their children. Variables related to communication styles with children, parental skills of emotional self-regulation, and strategies to solve conflicts have been analyzed. In order to collect qualitative and quantitative data, surveys, self-information, participative observation and focus groups techniques were used. The quantitative data was processed with descriptive and variables association statistics. The final conclusions indicate that parents demand information to better cope with their parental role, thus, parenting programms should be developed on a community base. Also, taking advantage of the wide scope the Net provides us, parents´ participation in Blogs and Virtual Learning Communities should be promoted. These resources may be understood as networks for social support, and ideal meeting places for exchanging concerns, experiences and worries. All in all, will promote the development of "Positive Parenting" as expected by the European Council.

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Adolescents' perceptions of their attachment relationships with their mothers, fathers, and friends

Cited by 124 publications

References 35 publications

Adolescents’ Subtypes of Attachment Security with Fathers and Mothers and Self-Perceptions of Socioemotional Adjustment

Adolescents’ Subtypes of Attachment Security with Fathers and Mothers and Self-Perceptions of Socioemotional Adjustment

Vinculação aos pais, divórcio e conflito interparental em adolescentes

La Percepción De Padres Y Madres en El Ejercicio Del Rol Parental

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