An Attachment Perspective on Anger among Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Konishi, Chiaki; Hymel, Shelley
Titel	An Attachment Perspective on Anger among Adolescents
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 60 (2014) 1, S.53-79, Artikel 4 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Psychological Patterns; Aggression; Attachment Behavior; Adolescent Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Psychometrics; Factor Analysis; Structural Equation Models; Hypothesis Testing; Gender Differences; Anxiety; Parents; Predictor Variables; Security (Psychology); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenanalyse; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Geschlechterkonflikt; Angst; Eltern; Prädiktor; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Kanada
Abstract	Extending John Bowlby's hypothesis that dysfunctional anger is a predictable outcome of insecure attachments to parents, this study investigated the relationship between current parent-adolescent attachment and both the experience and expression of anger. Participants included 776 students (379 boys and 397 girls) in grades 8-12. As predicted by attachment theory, results of structural equation modeling analyses indicated that adolescents' self-reported attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance toward both mother and father figures were positively related to the adolescents' greater levels of self-reported anger intensity. In turn, greater intensity of anger was associated with higher levels of both internalizing (anger-in) and externalizing (anger-out) expressions. In addition, there was a direct effect of attachment anxiety on internalized but not externalized anger. This study highlights the importance of differentiating anger dimensions and the critical role of anger intensity as a mediator of the relationship between insecure attachment and anger expressions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10