Attachment style and weight concerns in preadolescent and adolescent girls

Sharpe, Tamara; Killen, Joel D.; Bryson, Susan W.; Shisslak, Catherine M.; Estes, Linda S.; Gray, Norma; Crago, Marjorie; Taylor, C. Barr

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199801)23:1<39::aid-eat5>3.0.co;2-2

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“…The Attachment Questionnaire for Children (AQC) (Sharpe et al 1998), originally produced in English, was translated into Japanese by the first-mentioned author, whose native language is Japanese. Back translations by a bilingual Japanese researcher and a pilot study with several adolescents were conducted.…”

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Contributions of Attachment and Self-Concept on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among Japanese Adolescents

2009

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We examined the associations and likely pathways underlying the relationships between peer attachment style, self-concept, and Internalizing/Externalizing Problems among high school students in Japan. A total of 228 senior high school students (186 boys and 82 girls; mean age = 16.4) completed the Attachment Questionnaire for Children, Self-Description Questionnaire II-Short, and Youth Self-Report. The main results were that securely attached adolescents reported fewer mental health problems and more positive self-concept than those who reported insecure attachment. Some patterns of associations among variables appeared to be different across gender. The Structural Equation Modeling provided a support for the mediating role of self-concept in influencing the relationships between Attachment and Internalizing Problems, but not Externalizing Problems. The paths for the model were significant across gender. The results promote understanding of psychological processes that influence the relationships between attachment and psychological well-being among high school adolescents in Japan.

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Contributions of Attachment and Self-Concept on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among Japanese Adolescents

2009

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“…The ratings were made on a six-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = disagree to 6 = agree, then one item was selected that best described them. Various studies (e.g., Muris et al 2003b;Sharpe et al 1998) yielded good validity by showing theoretically meaningful relations with other attachment indexes and psychopathology in youth. In the present study, the word ''children'' in AQC was changed to ''students'' in order to make it more suitable for the adolescents.…”

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“…AQC is a simplified age-downward version of Hazan and Shaver's (1987) single-item measure of attachment style developed by Sharpe et al (1998). Adolescents are provided with three descriptions (secure, avoidant, and ambivalent) concerning their feelings about and perception of relationships with their friends and peers.…”

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Influence of Perceived Parental Rearing on Adolescent Self-Concept and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Japan

2009

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We examined the associations between perceived parental rearing, attachment style, self-concept, and mental health problems among Japanese adolescents. About 193 high school students (143 boys and 50 girls, mean = 16.4) completed a set of self-report questionnaires including EMBU-C (My Memories of Child Upbringing for Children), AQC (Attachment Questionnaire for Children), SDQII-S (Self-Description Questionnaire II-Short) and YSR (Youth Self-Report). There seems to be a unique influence on mental health problems from parentadolescent relations depending on the gender of parents and adolescents. PLS (Partial Latent Squares Regression) analysis showed that insecure attachments (Avoidant and Ambivalent) and Rejection from parents were predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems among boys, while all dysfunctional parenting (Rejection, Overprotection and Anxious Rearing) were determinants of these problems among girls. Non academic self-concept (social, emotional, and physical) was a predictor of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems. Power of the prediction of these problems was greater for girls than boys.

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“…The RQ-C can be considered an extension of the Attachment Questionnaire for Children (AQ-C; Sharpe et al 1998) in that it includes the dismissing attachment typology in addition to the typologies captured by the AQ-C. The RQ-C was adjusted to tap self-reported attachment to both parents by referring to 'mother' or 'father' in each of the paragraphs.…”

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“…The RQ-C was adjusted to tap self-reported attachment to both parents by referring to 'mother' or 'father' in each of the paragraphs. There is evidence for the validity of the RQ-C (Roelofs et al 2006) and the AQ-C (e.g., Muris et al 2000a;Muris et al 2000b;Muris et al 2001;Sharpe et al 1998).…”

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Correlates of Self-reported Attachment (In)security in Children: The Role of Parental Romantic Attachment Status and Rearing Behaviors

2007

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We investigated the influence of self-reported parental romantic attachment status and rearing behaviors on children's self-reported attachment (in)security towards father and mother in a sample of 237 non-clinical children aged 9-12. All children and their parents completed a single-item measure of attachment style. The parents further completed an index of their authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive rearing behaviors. Results showed that the attachment status of the father was significantly related to the child's attachment style to the father. Further, children who portray themselves as insecurely attached to their fathers have fathers with lower average authoritative scores compared to children who are securely attached to their fathers. In examining the relative contribution of attachment style and rearing behaviors of the parents, insecure attachment status of the father was still significantly related to insecure attachment style of the child but the effect of authoritative rearing behaviors of the father on attachment (in)security of children was not statistically significant anymore. Altogether, these results support the notion that attachment status of the father was most substantially associated with selfreported insecure attachment of children.

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Attachment style and weight concerns in preadolescent and adolescent girls

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Contributions of Attachment and Self-Concept on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among Japanese Adolescents

Contributions of Attachment and Self-Concept on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among Japanese Adolescents

Influence of Perceived Parental Rearing on Adolescent Self-Concept and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Japan

Correlates of Self-reported Attachment (In)security in Children: The Role of Parental Romantic Attachment Status and Rearing Behaviors

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