Attachment to Parents, Social Anxiety, and Close Relationships of Female Students over the Transition to College

Autor/inn/en	Parade, Stephanie H.; Leerkes, Esther M.; Blankson, A. Nayena
Titel	Attachment to Parents, Social Anxiety, and Close Relationships of Female Students over the Transition to College
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 2, S.127-137 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9396-x
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Attachment Behavior; Friendship; Minority Groups; Anxiety; Parent Child Relationship; Females; Questionnaires; Security (Psychology); Prediction; White Students; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Freundschaft; Ethnische Minderheit; Angst; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Fragebogen; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Vorhersage; Messdaten
Abstract	The current study examined the process by which attachment to parents influences satisfaction with and ease in forming friendships at college. One hundred seventy-two female college freshmen completed a measure of parental attachment security the summer before their first semester of college (July 2006) and measures to assess satisfaction with and ease in forming close relationships at the end of their first semester (December 2006). Students ranged in age from 18 to 20 years (M = 18.09, SD = 0.33) and were diverse in their racial makeup (30% racial minority). Consistent with predictions derived from attachment theory, secure attachment to parents was positively associated with ease in forming friendships among racial minority and white participants and satisfaction with friendships among minority participants. Moreover, indirect effects of parental attachment security on relationship outcomes through social anxiety were significant for minority participants but not for white participants. Findings may be useful in the development of retention programs targeted at incoming university freshmen, particularly minority students. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10