The Associations Between Attachment, Thought-Action Fusion, and Anxiety in Adolescents: Mediator Effect of Thought-Action Fusion

Demirdöğen, Ezgi Şen; Serdengecti, Nihal; Sevilmis, Ilayda; Nane, Cagla; Soyoz, Eda; Yavuz, Mesut

doi:10.5152/pcp.2021.21109

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“…Using model 6 of the SPSS PROCESS macro compiled by Hayes et al [ 50 ], we repeated the extractions 5000 times. Because the mother’s education level and the adolescent’s age are related to adolescent anxiety, we controlled for age and mother’s education, and we tested the chain-mediating effects of maternal psychological flexibility and mother–adolescent attachment on maternal adult attachment and adolescent anxiety.…”

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“…The mean age of the adolescents was 12.042 years ( SD = 1.278). Studies have shown that adolescents aged 10–16 years face an elevated risk of anxiety problems, and studying the causes of adolescent anxiety during this period can help reduce adolescent anxiety [ 49 , 50 , 51 ]. In addition, 52% of the adolescents were boys and 48% were girls.…”

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Factors Influencing Adolescent Anxiety: The Roles of Mothers, Teachers and Peers

Chen

Gong

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Grounded in social–ecological system theory, the present study tested the mediating effects of maternal psychological flexibility and mother–adolescent attachment on the relationship between maternal adult attachment and adolescent anxiety as well as the moderating effects of teacher support and peer support on the relationship between mother–adolescent attachment and adolescent anxiety. In total, 1139 Chinese mothers and adolescents completed a set of questionnaires, including the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, Parental Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The results revealed that maternal adult attachment had a positive impact on adolescent anxiety. The relationship between maternal adult attachment and adolescent anxiety was chain mediated by maternal psychological flexibility and mother–adolescent attachment. In addition, teacher support and peer support had moderating effects on the relationship between mother–adolescent attachment and adolescent anxiety. These findings support the systematic social ecosystem perspective and highlight the differences in the effects of different maternal adult attachment styles, teacher support, and peer support on adolescent anxiety.

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