An Examination of Three Models of the Relationships between Parental Attachments and Adolescents’ Social Functioning and Depressive Symptoms

Liu, Yih-Lan

doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9147-1

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“…Paternal attachment with adolescent sons and daughters has been found to be a better predictor of adolescents' depression than was maternal attachment (Liu 2008). Moreover, secure maternal and paternal attachment has been found to be related to children having higher levels of perceived peer acceptance compared to children with a secure attachment with only one caregiver (Diener et al 2008).…”

Section: Summary Of Parent-child Attachment and Evidence For A Cumulamentioning

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Integrating Etiological Models of Social Anxiety and Depression in Youth: Evidence for a Cumulative Interpersonal Risk Model

Epkins

Heckler

2011

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Models of social anxiety and depression in youth have been developed separately, and they contain similar etiological influences. Given the high comorbidity of social anxiety and depression, we examine whether the posited etiological constructs are a correlate of, or a risk factor for, social anxiety and/or depression at the symptom level and the diagnostic level. We find core risk factors of temperament, genetics, and parent psychopathology (i.e., depression and anxiety) are neither necessary nor sufficient for the development of social anxiety and/or depression. Instead, aspects of children's relationships with parents and/or peers either mediates (i.e., explains) or moderates (i.e., interacts with) these core risks being related to social anxiety and/or depression. We then examine various parent- and peer-related constructs contained in the separate models of social anxiety and depression (i.e., parent-child attachment, parenting, social skill deficits, peer acceptance and rejection, peer victimization, friendships, and loneliness). Throughout our review, we report evidence for a Cumulative Interpersonal Risk model that incorporates both core risk factors and specific interpersonal risk factors. Most studies fail to consider comorbidity, thus little is known about the specificity of these various constructs to depression and/or social anxiety. However, we identify shared, differential, and cumulative risks, correlates, consequences, and protective factors. We then put forth demonstrated pathways for the development of depression, social anxiety, and their comorbidity. Implications for understanding comorbidity are highlighted throughout, as are theoretical and research directions for developing and refining models of social anxiety, depression, and their comorbidity. Prevention and treatment implications are also noted.

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Section: Summary Of Parent-child Attachment and Evidence For A Cumulamentioning

confidence: 98%

Integrating Etiological Models of Social Anxiety and Depression in Youth: Evidence for a Cumulative Interpersonal Risk Model

Epkins

Heckler

2011

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

209

170

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“…Fathers seem to play a major role in the process of opening children up to the outside world, which is particularly linked to the development of autonomy and the management of risk-taking during the exploration of physical and social environments, fostering the development of physical and social skills and selfassertiveness (Grossmann et al 2002;Paquette and Bigras 2010;Paquette et al 2013). Indeed, research has demonstrated that the attachment quality of fathers may have a different impact than the attachment quality of mothers on social functioning and depressive symptoms for children and early adolescents (Brumariu and Kerns 2010;Liu 2008).…”

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Different Effects of Paternal and Maternal Attachment on Psychological Health Among Chinese Secondary School Students

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Many studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of parental attachment on adolescent development. However, few studies have specifically investigated the different effects of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent development. The current study examined the different effects of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent psychological health (e.g., self-esteem, depression, life-satisfaction), and the moderating roles of gender, age, and one-child status. Participants were 1506 secondary school students (50.2 % male, grades 7-12) from six regions of China. Results suggested that paternal attachment had stronger effects on adolescents' depressive symptoms than did maternal attachment after controlling for all covariates (e.g., family setting, gender, grade, one-child status, father's and mother's education levels). Moreover, multigroup analysis indicated that the stronger impact of paternal attachment on depressive symptoms in comparison to maternal attachment was only evident in high school boys and only children. This study demonstrated the important role of father-adolescent attachment in adolescent psychological health. Future research, clinical implications, and limitations of the present study are discussed.

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“…Finally, Cassidy (1994) suggests that boys more frequently establish secure attachments with fathers and girls with mothers (same-sex linkage hypothesis). This hypothesis was entirely confirmed by Diener, Isabella, Behunin, and Wong (2008), partially confirmed by Liu (2008) and not verified by BoothLaforce et al (2006) or Lieberman, Doyle, and Markiewicz (1999). Such a controversy among the results may arise from the way boys and girls perceive the instruction they received from their fathers and mothers (Muris et al, 2003;Roelofs et al, 2006;Teixeira, Oliveira, & Wottrich, 2006).…”

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“…Different researchers have shown the importance of paternal attachment in the trajectory that leads children to present internalizing problems, especially boys (Desjardins & Leadbeater, 2011;Liu, 2008;Roelofs et al, 2006). It is possible that specifically in this age range (end of childhood and beginning of adolescence), the fathers assume a prominent role in the consolidation of the boy's personality.…”

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Attachment and Parental Practices as Predictors of Behavioral Disorders in Boys and Girls

Nunes

Faraco

Vieira

2013

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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This study’s objective was to investigate how two parental systems (attachment and parental practices) interact to predict internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems in girls and boys. The Security Scale was administered to 289 children (mean age = 10.5 years), and 205 parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist and an instrument addressing parental practices. The results indicate that poor maternal attachment predicts aggression and delinquency in boys, while problems of this nature among girls are predicted by parental rejection and low behavioral control. Poor paternal attachment was the only predictor for social withdrawal and anxiety/depression in boys. A tendency of association between poor maternal attachment and social withdrawal was observed among girls, while low behavioral control and high psychological control predicted anxiety/depression. The results are discussed in terms of their contribution to understanding the complex relationship among gender, parental systems, and behavioral disorders.

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An Examination of Three Models of the Relationships between Parental Attachments and Adolescents’ Social Functioning and Depressive Symptoms

Cited by 66 publications

References 36 publications

Integrating Etiological Models of Social Anxiety and Depression in Youth: Evidence for a Cumulative Interpersonal Risk Model

Integrating Etiological Models of Social Anxiety and Depression in Youth: Evidence for a Cumulative Interpersonal Risk Model

Different Effects of Paternal and Maternal Attachment on Psychological Health Among Chinese Secondary School Students

Attachment and Parental Practices as Predictors of Behavioral Disorders in Boys and Girls

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