Interactive Influences of Narcissism and Self-Esteem on Insecure Attachment in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Menon, Meenakshi; Moyes, Harriet C. A.; Bradley, Christina M.
Titel	Interactive Influences of Narcissism and Self-Esteem on Insecure Attachment in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 38 (2018) 7, S.966-987 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431617704955
Schlagwörter	Personality Problems; Self Esteem; Attachment Behavior; Correlation; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Friendship; Prediction; Gender Differences; Measurement Techniques; Early Adolescents; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Korrelation; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Freundschaft; Vorhersage; Geschlechterkonflikt; Messtechnik; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	We hypothesized that in adolescence, maladaptive narcissism interacts with low self-esteem to predict a preoccupied attachment style ("attachment for self-affirmation hypothesis"), and with high self-esteem to predict an avoidant attachment style ("attachment for self-enhancement hypothesis"). We expected gender differences in narcissistic adolescents' attachment strategies, with girls more likely to be motivated to self-affirm, and boys more likely to self-enhance. Early adolescents in England (N = 306, 156 girls, 150 boys, X-bar age = 13.38 years) responded to self-report measures of narcissism, self-esteem, and attachment styles to mother and a friend. Results supported the attachment for self-enhancement hypothesis only. For adolescent boys (but not girls) with high self-esteem, narcissism was associated with higher avoidant attachment toward the mother and a friend. The results suggest that maladaptive narcissism might derail normative separation-individuation processes in adolescent boys, thus contributing to their adoption of an avoidant attachment style with close relationship partners. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01