Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Their Capacity for Intimacy in Close Relationships

Autor/inn/en	Mayseless, Ofra; Scharf, Miri
Titel	Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Their Capacity for Intimacy in Close Relationships
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17 (2007) 1, S.23-50 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2007.00511.x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Military Service; Intimacy; Attachment Behavior; Interpersonal Relationship; Males; High School Seniors; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Friendship; Conceptual Tempo; Predictor Variables; Peer Relationship; Israel; Adult Attachment Interview + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Militärdienst; Intimität; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Freundschaft; Prädiktor; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	A secure "state of mind with regard to attachment", as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), as well as attachment styles as assessed by questionnaires (the two most prevalent facets of attachment representations assessed in adolescence and adulthood) were examined as potential contributors to adolescents' capacity for intimacy. Eighty male Israeli adolescents were administered the two measures and reported on their impulsiveness during their senior year of high school. Four years later, at the end of their mandatory military service, they were interviewed regarding their capacity for intimacy, and they filled out questionnaires. State of mind with regard to attachment and attachment styles uniquely predicted capacity for romantic intimacy and affective relationships with friends. Impulsiveness interacted with attachment security (benefiting dismissing and avoidant participants, and hampering secure ones) in predicting romantic intimacy. The discussion underscores the distinctiveness and importance of different facets of attachment representations to close relationships with peers. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10