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

Autor/in	Liu, Yih-Lan
Titel	An Examination of Three Models of the Relationships between Parental Attachments and Adolescents' Social Functioning and Depressive Symptoms
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 8, S.941-952 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9147-1
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Child Relationship; Attachment Behavior; Adolescents; Models; Mothers; Fathers; Grade 8; Gender Differences; Social Environment; Depression (Psychology); Social Support Groups; Self Concept; Adolescent Development; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Analogiemodell; Mother; Mutter; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geschlechterkonflikt; Soziales Umfeld; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	Three models of attachment relationships--the hierarchy model, the integrative model and the independent model--were compared in order to elucidate which best described the relationship between attachments to fathers versus mothers and its developmental consequences among 1,289 eighth grade students in Taiwan. These consequences included adolescents' social support from family and friends, social expectations in peer interaction, self-worth, and depressive symptoms. The models can be summarized as follows: the hierarchy model assumes that paternal attachment is influenced by the level of maternal attachment; the integrative model assumes that the combined effects of secure attachments to mother and to father best predict the child's development; and the independent model suggests that maternal and paternal attachments have differential influences on the child's developmental outcomes. Our results indicate that the independent model best describes adolescents' attachment relationships with parents and their subsequent developmental consequences. Moreover, gender differences were found in adolescent's report of attachment to mother and father in relation with the outcome variables. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10