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Attachment and Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning.
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Allen, Joseph P.; Moore, Cynthia; Kuperminc, Gabriel; Bell, Kathy – Child Development, 1998
Examined attachment's relation to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning in 131 moderately at-risk adolescents. Found that security displayed in adolescents' organization of discourse about attachment experiences was related to competence with peers, lower levels of internalizing behaviors, and lower levels of deviant behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems
The Relation of Attachment Security to Adolescents' Paternal and Peer Relationships, Depression, and Externalizing Behavior
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Allen, Joseph P.; Porter, Maryfrances; McFarland, Christy; McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin; Marsh, Penny – Child Development, 2007
The relation of attachment security to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning was examined in a community sample of 167 early adolescents. Security of attachment organization, assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, was linked to success in establishing autonomy while maintaining a sense of relatedness both with fathers and with…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Correlation
Autonomy and Adolescent Social Functioning: The Moderating Effect of Risk.
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McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin; Allen, Joseph P. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the moderating effect of risk on the relation between autonomy processes and family and adolescent functioning. In families in low-risk contexts, behavior undermining autonomy was negatively related to relationship quality; adolescents' autonomy expressions related to positive social functioning. In high-risk-context families, undermining…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior