How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways: Parenting during Adolescence, Attachment Styles, and Romantic Narratives in Emerging Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Nosko, Amanda; Tieu, Thanh-Thanh; Lawford, Heather; Pratt, Michael W.
Titel	How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways: Parenting during Adolescence, Attachment Styles, and Romantic Narratives in Emerging Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 3, S.645-657 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0021814
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Child Rearing; Intimacy; Attachment Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; Adults; Questionnaires; Security (Psychology); Foreign Countries; Surveys; Social Development; Emotional Development; Adolescents; Personal Narratives; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Kindererziehung; Intimität; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Fragebogen; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Erlebniserzählung; Kanada
Abstract	In this longitudinal study, a quantitative and qualitative examination of the associations among parent-child relations, adult attachment styles, and relationship quality and theme in romantic narratives was conducted. Parenting and adult attachment style were assessed through questionnaires, whereas overall quality of romantic relationships (regard and importance), intimacy, and romantic story theme were examined with a life story approach (McAdams, 1993). At ages 17 and 26 years, 100 participants completed a series of questionnaires and also, at age 26, told a story about a "relationship-defining moment" with a romantic partner. Parent-child relations when participants were 17 years old were related predictably to all three attachment styles. About 70% of the sample told romantic stories with a "true love" type of theme. Associations between parent-child relations when the child was 17 and this type of theme in the story told when the participant was 26 were mediated by a more secure (and a less avoidant) attachment style when the participant was 26, as predicted. The implications of these findings for links between attachment models and the life story are discussed. (Contains 6 tables, 1 footnote and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10