Attachment and Self-Evaluation in Chinese Adolescents: Age and Gender Differences

Autor/inn/en	Song, Hairong; Thompson, Ross A.; Ferrer, Emilio
Titel	Attachment and Self-Evaluation in Chinese Adolescents: Age and Gender Differences
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 32 (2009) 5, S.1267-1286 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.01.001
Schlagwörter	Females; Attachment Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals); Gender Differences; Age Differences; Peer Relationship; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	This study investigated age and gender differences in the quality of attachment to mothers, fathers, and peers, and the association of attachment with measures of self-evaluation in 584 Chinese adolescents in junior high, high school, and university. Their responses to the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment indexed attachment quality, and self-evaluation was measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Self-Liking and Self-Competence Scale. Consistent with findings with Western samples, our analyses revealed (a) lower parent-child relationship quality in middle (compared to early) adolescence, (b) a significant association of parental and peer attachment with self-evaluation, and (c) gender differences in attachment to peers, with females reporting stronger attachment than males. Chinese females reported stronger maternal attachment than did males, and for females the quality of maternal attachment was more strongly related to self-evaluation than any other attachment relationship. During high school, peer attachment quality--rather than parental--was preeminently associated with self-evaluation. The findings of this study indicate that in a context of considerable consistency of findings with Western studies, parent-child attachment in Chinese adolescents is also influenced by culture-specific practices that influence parent-youth relationships and their meaning to the child. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10