Attachment, Coping, and Explanatory Style in Late Adolescence

Greenberger, Ellen; McLaughlin, Caitlin S.

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“…Although the present investigation did not assess attachment in the conventional fashion (i.e., with an attachment questionnaire), our findings associated with problem-focused coping are consistent with this theoretical perspective as we described earlier and with some recent work on the topic (Greenberger and McLaughlin, 1998;Lussier et al, 1997). These findings were, however, somewhat at odds with those reported by researchers examining attachment-coping links with ongoing life stresses.…”

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“…Although the lack of observed association between perceived support and support seeking in this study may seem counterintuitive and is not entirely consistent with findings from other investigations (Greenberger and McLaughlin, 1998;Simpson et al, 1992), it is consistent with hypotheses emerging from attachment theory. Were we to rely on attachment theory (Ainsworth, 1967) for an account of how and why support and coping are linked, we could easily arrive at contradictory predictions regarding their associations.…”

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Parental relationships and coping with life stress

Ptacek

Pierce

Eberhardt

et al. 1999

Anxiety, Stress & Coping

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The primary goal of this investigation was to explore how the quality of parent-student relationships relates to coping style by examining multiple aspects of this relationship-including support and conflict-and by examining the contribution that both parents' and students' perceptions of their relationship make to students' coping reports. We found that perceptions of conflict and depth in the parent-child relationship were each associated with different styles of coping. Moreover, parents' and students' perceptions each accounted for unique variance in students' coping reports. Greater perceived depth (both parent and student reports) predicted higher problem-focused scores, while students' perceptions of conflict predicted higher emotion-focused coping scores. Specific support provisions reported by students and parents also related differentially to the specific coping styles. Finally, the extent to which parents and students reported coping in a similar fashion was predicted by the quality of their relationship.

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Parental relationships and coping with life stress

Ptacek

Pierce

Eberhardt

et al. 1999

Anxiety, Stress & Coping

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“…In a clinical sample of depressed early adolescents, self-reported attachment to parents, attributional style and depression were associated (Armsden, McCauley, Greenberg, Burke & Mitchell, 1990). Secure self-reported attachment prototypes were associated positively with internal, stable and global attributions to positive events and negatively with attributions to negative events for late adolescent females (although not for males; Greenberger & McLaughlin, 1998).…”

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Insecure Attachment to Parents and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence: Mediating Roles of Attributions and Self-esteem

Kamkar¹,

Doyle²,

Markiewicz³

2012

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This study examined the association of attachment style with mother and father with depressive symptoms among early adolescent boys and girls (N= 140), and whether this association was mediated by attributional styles and/or self-esteem. As expected, adolescents more anxiously attached to both mother and father reported the most depressive symptoms. Anxious attachment to mother was associated with depressive symptoms for girls only and this association was fully mediated by both maladaptive attributions for negative events and by self-esteem. These findings indicate the importance of negative attributions and self-esteem as pathways through which girls' anxious attachment to mother might lead to depressive symptoms.

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“…Persons reporting more secure attachment relationships tend to evidence higher perceptions of social competency and selfefficacy, more optimistic expectancies and perceptions of controllability (Mikulincer & Florian, 1998), more positive and constructive appraisals, and are more likely to appraise stressful situations as challenges than as threats (Fuendeling, 1998;Greenberger & McLaughlin, 1998). These self and situational appraisals favour the use of coping approaches that privilege seeking support and that evidence active, systematic, and intentional coping strategies, characterized by planning, reflecting upon, and anticipating the consequences of one's actions (Greenberger & McLaughlin, 1998;Lopez et al, 2001). Insecure attachment patterns, on the other hand, more frequently, tend to privilege less constructive coping approaches, showing, in general a lower engagement in active and approaching coping, less effective use of social support, and greater use of avoidant and/or suppressive coping strategies (Harvey & Byrd, 2000;Ognibene & Collins, 1998;Lopez et al, 2001).…”

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Attachment, Emotion Regulation and Coping in Portuguese Emerging Adults: A Test of a Mediation Hypothesis

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Although the quality of parent-adolescent emotional bonds has consistently been proposed as a major influence on young adult's psycho-emotional functioning, the precise means by which these bonds either facilitate or impede adaptive coping are not well-understood. In an effort to advance this inquiry, the present study examined interrelationships among measures of parental attachment, emotion regulation processes, and preferred coping strategies within a sample of 942 college freshmen. Structural Equation Modelling was used to test whether the link between attachment to parents and the use of particular coping strategies is mediated by differences in emotion regulation mechanisms. As hypothesized, differences in attachment to parents predicted differences in the use of emotion regulation mechanisms and coping strategies. More specifically, having a close emotional bond, feeling supported in autonomy processes and having (moderately) low levels of separation anxiety toward parents predict more constructive emotion regulation mechanisms and coping strategies. Additionally emotion regulation was found to (partly or totally) mediate the association between attachment and coping. Keywords: attachment to parents, coping, emotion regulation, emerging adults, structural equations modelling.Aunque la calidad de los lazos emocionales entre padres y adolescentes siempre ha sido propuesta como una importante influencia en el funcionamiento psico-emocional del adulto joven, los mecanismos precisos por los cuales estos lazos facilitan o impiden el afrontamiento adaptativo no son bien conocidos. En un esfuerzo por avanzar en esta indagación, el presente estudio examinó las interrelaciones entre las medidas de apego parental, los procesos de regulación emocional, y las estrategias preferidas de afrontamiento en una muestra de 942 estudiantes de primer año de universidad. Para probar si la relación entre el apego a los padres y el uso de determinadas estrategias de afrontamiento está mediada por las diferencias en los mecanismos de regulación emocional, se utilizaran Modelos de Ecuaciones Estructurales. Como fue hipotetizado, las diferencias en el apego a los progenitores se demostraron predictivas de diferencias en el uso de los mecanismos de regulación emocional y estrategias de afrontamiento. Más específicamente, tener un vínculo afectivo cercano con los padres, sentir su apoyo en los procesos de autonomía y sentir niveles (moderadamente) bajos de ansiedad de separación hacia los progenitores, son condiciones predictivas de mecanismos de regulación emocional y estrategias de afrontamiento más constructivos. Además, se encontró en la regulación emocional un mediador (total o parcial) para la asociación entre el apego y el afrontamiento. Palabras clave: apego a los padres, afrontamiento, regulación emocional, adultos emergentes, modelos de ecuaciones estructurales.

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Attachment, Coping, and Explanatory Style in Late Adolescence

Cited by 56 publications

References 20 publications

Parental relationships and coping with life stress

Parental relationships and coping with life stress

Insecure Attachment to Parents and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence: Mediating Roles of Attributions and Self-esteem

Attachment, Emotion Regulation and Coping in Portuguese Emerging Adults: A Test of a Mediation Hypothesis

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