- Title
- Attachment strength and relationship expectancies in the prediction of adolescent stress and depression
- Creator
- Goh, Yun Lin Daphne; Wilkinson, Ross B.
- Relation
- The Educational and Developmental Psychologist Vol. 34, Issue 2, p. 106-123
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/edp.2017.8
- Publisher
- Australian Psychological Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Interpersonal relationships are the recent focus of research identifying protective factors in adolescent psychological health. Using an attachment theory perspective, this study examines the relationship of normative attachment strength and individual differences in attachment expectancies on self-reports of depression and stress in 511 Australian high school students. Attachment reorganization was demonstrated but only father attachment uniquely predicted self-reported stress. Age moderated the relationships between peers and depression and stress among romantically involved adolescents. Individual differences in attachment styles, particularly anxious attachment, were most predictive of adolescent psychological health. These findings highlight the complexity of adolescent attachment relationships and suggest that interventions target both normative and individual factors in adolescent development to enhance adolescent psychological health.
- Subject
- adolescence; attachment; relationships; depression; stress
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1351634
- Identifier
- uon:30749
- Identifier
- ISSN:2059-0776
- Rights
- This article has been published in a revised form in The Educational and Developmental Psychologist http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/edp.2017.8. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Australian Psychological Society Ltd 2017
- Language
- eng
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