Developmental Patterns in Adolescent Attachment to Mother,Father and Sibling |
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| Authors: | Buist Kirsten L. Deković Maja Meeus Wim van Aken Marcel A. G. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Educational Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;(4) Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to examine the development of quality of attachment of adolescents to their parents and siblings during adolescence and the role that gender differences play in this development, using latent growth curve analysis. In 288 families, adolescents reported on their attachment relationships with their parents and siblings. Quality of attachment changes during adolescence, and these changes are influenced by both gender of the adolescent and gender of the attachment figure. Results showed that change in mean level of quality of attachment to mother appeared to be nonlinear for boys, whereas mean level of attachment of adolescent girls to their mothers showed a linear decline. Results for attachment to father were opposite, with a linear decline in quality for boys, and a nonlinear development for girls. Quality of attachment to sibling showed differential development depending on gender composition of the sibling dyad. |
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| Keywords: | adolescence attachment siblings growth-curves |
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