Chinese adolescents' psychosocial adjustment
The contribution of mothers' attachment style and adolescents' attachment to mother
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2925260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jian-Bin Li (0000-0002-8995-3304, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China, corresponding author), Yi-Jia Guo (0000-0003-2876-0450, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China), Yijia Guo (0000-0003-0522-9296, Education University of Hong Kong), Elisa Delvecchio (0000-0003-3519-5445, University of Perugia), Claudia Mazzeschi (0000-0002-6861-2009, University of Perugia) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 8-9 |
| Pages | 2597-2619 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407520932667 |
| OpenAlex | W3036888959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 61 |
Drawing on attachment theory, this study examined the associations among mothers' self-report attachment styles (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), adolescents' attachment to mother, and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment (i.e., psychological difficulties, prosocial behavior, and self-control) in 425 Chinese mother-adolescent dyads. The results of path analysis based on the total sample showed that adolescents' attachment to mother mediated the association between mothers' avoidant, but not anxious, attachment style and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. Moreover, the results based on multigroup comparison suggested that while adolescents' attachment to mother significantly mediated the "avoidant attachment-psychosocial adjustment" link for both early and middle adolescents, it significantly mediated the "anxious attachment-psychosocial adjustment" link only for middle adolescents. In addition, the association between mothers' anxious attachment and adolescents' attachment to mother was larger for middle than for early adolescents, while the association between adolescents' attachment to mother and self-control was larger for early than for middle adolescents. These findings implicate the importance of mothers' and adolescents' secure attachment to positive youth development
Anxiety · Association (psychology · Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Insecure attachment · Parenting styles · Prosocial behavior · Psychiatry · Psychological control · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |