Parenting, Marital Conflict and Adjustment From Early- to Mid-Adolescence: Mediated by Adolescent Attachment Style?

Doyle, Anna-Beth; Markiewicz, Dorothy

doi:10.1007/s10964-005-3209-7

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“…This approach to parenting takes over the child's thinking, feeling, and behavioral processes to the extent that children are unable to make decisions. Children of parents who are psychologically controlling are inclined to feel incompetent, anxious, depressed, and have low self-esteem (Blodgett Salafia, et al, 2009;Doyle & Markiewicz, 2005). Additionally, they are more likely to be aggressive (Loukas et al, 2005), drop out of school, be disinterested in learning, and have general ill-being (Grolnick, 2003;Soenens, 2006).…”

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Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective

Roman¹

2011

soc behav pers

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Single mothers are often perceived and depicted as being ineffective parents in comparison to their married counterparts, but this may not always be the case. A sample consisting of 245 children (72% in married mother families and 28% in single mother families) between 10 and 12 years (M = 11) including 64% females and 36% males participated in the study. The aim in this study was to compare children's perceptions of their mothers' parenting within single and married families. The results indicate that mothers were perceived as using more autonomy-supportive than psychologically controlling parenting practices. There were no significant differences between children's perceptions of maternal parenting in single and married families.

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Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective

Roman¹

2011

soc behav pers

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“…Insecure attachment schemas result in biased information processing, poor emotional regulation (Cassidy, 1994), and vulnerability to stress-related and personality disorders (Sroufe et al, 2005). Moreover, researchers have found an association between insecure attachment, delinquent and antisocial behavior (Allen et al, 2002), substance abuse (Hull, Young, & Jouriles, 1986) and criminal actions (Doyle & Markiewicz, 2005). These findings point to the importance of research into secure and insecure styles of attachment for understanding a range of mental health outcomes.…”

Section: Attachment Theorymentioning

confidence: 96%

Attachment to God in Islamic Spirituality

Bonab¹,

Miner²,

Proctor³

2013

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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The aim of this investigation was to explore the quality of attachment to the divine in Islamic spirituality. Theories of attachment to God have been developed with respect to the Christian faith, but it is important to explore whether Allah functions as an attachment figure in Islamic theology. Specifically, the paper considers whether believers generally seek proximity to Allah as a safe haven in times of distress; use Allah as a secure base for living in the world; and view their relationship with Allah in terms of dependency, closeness, and alleviation of anxiety. To this end, five types of Islamic texts were reviewed: a) the beautiful names of Allah (divine attributes) for any attributes that signify Allah as a caring, nourishing, and omnipresent attachment figure; b) stories of the Qur'an that signify dynamic attachment relations between Allah, His prophets, and servants; c) verses of the 78 Bagher Ghobary Bonab, Maureen Miner, and Marie-Therese Proctor Qur'an that emphasize the caring and supportive relationship between Allah and His servants; d) divine sayings and prophetic inspirations that underscore Allah as a caring and supportive attachment figure; and e) suggested supplications which reveal individuals' deep and dynamic relations with Allah. The possibility of insecure attachment to Allah was also examined. The results of this theoretical study indicated that Allah functions as an attachment figure for believers, and most believers' rituals and behaviors are based on proximity-seeking to Allah. Implications of the current review for the conceptualization of attachment to Allah in Islamic spirituality and for scale development of relevance to Muslims' mental health are discussed.

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“…The importance of the family's role has been recognized for its influence over adolescents' psychosocial adaptation and in avoiding deviant and risky behavior. Various studies recognize that satisfactory relations with parents (and peers) are connected to a more positive outcome in this stage of development (Doyle & Markiewicz, 2005). High-quality parent-child relationships predict lower levels of adolescent depression and delinquent behaviors and also protect against antisocial behaviors for children in families experiencing marital conflict or disruption (Conger, Conger, & Scaramella, 1997).…”

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“…Parental support and the quality of parent-child relationships predicts school adjustment, reduced levels of depression, psychological disorders, externalizing behaviors, and behavior problems among youth (McLoyd, 1990;Dubois, Eitel, & Felner, 1994). Doyle and Markiewicz (2005) noted that parenting does affect adolescents' ability to adjust, with parental warmth being an aspect of the authoritative parenting style.…”

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Perceived Parental Rearing Practices, Supportive School Environment, and Self-Reported Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Lithuanian Secondary School Students

Pilkauskaitė-Valickienė

2014

IJPS

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Previous research rarely addressed parental rearing practices, perceived safety at school, teachers' support and school climate in the same study. Most often those two contexts-home environment and school context-are analyzed separately. Several authors have advocated the need for incorporating those two contexts in the study of emotional and behavioral problems (Suldo et al., 2012). Thus, the main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the perceived parental practices (parents' reactions to adolescents' behavior, i.e., guilt induction and emotional warmth) and supportive school environment (school attachment, school climate, perceived teacher support, and feelings of safety at school) with adolescents' emotional and behavioral problems. The data used is from an ongoing longitudinal Positive Youth Development study (POSIDEV) that examines the mechanisms and processes through which young people develop their competences. The sample comprised 2625 Lithuanian students (1146 boys and 1479 girls, age 14-20 (M = 16.69; SD = 1.17)) from the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades of 8 upper secondary schools. The results showed that parents' emotional warmth was negatively, and psychological control was positively related to students' depressive symptoms and delinquent behavior. Furthermore, perceived teacher support, feelings of safety at school were negatively associated with adolescents' depressive symptoms and delinquent behavior, when students' perceptions of negative school climate were positively associated with adolescents' depressive symptoms and delinquent behavior. After entering school context variables in the regression, demographic characteristics and mother's guilt induction practice remained significant, but mother's emotional warmth was no longer significant. This suggests the possibility that school context acts as a mediator between emotional warmth by mother and delinquent behavior. This finding has important practical implications in terms of shedding some insight on how multiple systems might be interlinked in influencing wellbeing in adolescents and confirms the importance of intervening at the double platform of both the family and the school system.

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Parenting, Marital Conflict and Adjustment From Early- to Mid-Adolescence: Mediated by Adolescent Attachment Style?

Cited by 172 publications

References 38 publications

Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective

Maternal parenting in single and two-parent families in South Africa from a child's perspective

Attachment to God in Islamic Spirituality

Perceived Parental Rearing Practices, Supportive School Environment, and Self-Reported Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Lithuanian Secondary School Students

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