The role of parental and peer attachment relationships and school connectedness in predicting adolescent mental health outcomes

Oldfield, Jeremy; Humphrey, Neil; Hebron, Judith

doi:10.1111/camh.12108

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“…Given the strong connection between peer attachments, school connectedness and increased prosocial behaviours (Oldfield et al 2016;Wentzel 1998), which in turn are linked to better academic achievement (Miles and Stipek 2006;Wentzel 1993), this may be a particularly important aspect of creating a supportive environment for CLA, especially across transition periods. This is often a key time when new peer relationships are established, and difficulties with social skills and making friends have been identified as challenging areas for CLA at transition (Brewin and Statham 2011).…”

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Supporting the education and well-being of children who are looked-after: what is the role of the virtual school?

Drew

Banerjee

2018

Eur J Psychol Educ

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The Children and Families Act (2014) placed a statutory responsibility on local authorities in the UK to establish a virtual school headteacher with the role of championing the education of all children looked-after within that authority. The current research was designed to illuminate how virtual schools are currently supporting educational outcomes for children looked-after, not only through educational interventions, but also through supporting broader psychological factors that might impact on attainment such as attachment, relationships and mental health. Virtual school headteachers from 29 local authorities completed an online survey about the services they provided to three target groups-children looked-after, foster carers and schools-with a particular focus on the transition years from primary to secondary school, which have been identified as being a difficult time for children looked-after. Using inductive thematic analysis, four overarching themes to service provision were identified: enhanced learning opportunities, specific transition support, well-being and relationships, and raising awareness. Direct work, interprofessional working and the development of supportive environments, particularly guided by attachment theory, were identified as important areas of practice. Practice is discussed in relation to resilience and ecological systems theory and suggestions for future research are identified.

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Supporting the education and well-being of children who are looked-after: what is the role of the virtual school?

Drew

Banerjee

2018

Eur J Psychol Educ

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“…The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment‐Revised (IPPA‐R; Gullone & Robinson, ) is a widely used measure assessing teens’ attachment bonds. In studies using the IPPA‐R, adolescents from diverse backgrounds and cultures who report greater security with parents also report being more prosocial (Andretta et al, ; Chan et al, ; Nie, Li, & Vazsonyi, ; Oldfield, Humphrey, & Hebron, ; Thompson & Gullone, ; see also Keskin & Çam, ). Using a similar measure, self‐reported attachment to the mother, but not to the father, was correlated with self‐reported prosociality in early adolescence (Markiewicz, Doyle, & Brendgen, ).…”

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The multifaceted nature of prosocial behavior in children: Links with attachment theory and research

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Prosocial behavior involves attempting to improve others' welfare and plays a central role in cooperative social relationships. Among the manifold processes that contribute to prosocial development is the quality of children's attachment to their caregivers. Often, researchers have investigated the link between secure attachment and broad indices of prosociality. Recent theory and research, however, suggest that children's prosocial behavior is multifaceted, with distinct correlates and developmental trajectories characterizing specific prosocial behaviors. We offer a theoretical model of the role of parent-child attachment in the development of prosocial behavior, first broadly, and then with regard to comforting, sharing, and helping, specifically.Further, we review the empirical work on this topic from infancy through adolescence. Overall, evidence supports an association between secure attachment and prosociality, broadly defined, but results vary across comforting, sharing, and helping. We discuss potential explanations for the findings and outline directions for future research examining the role of attachment in shaping the diversity of prosocial behaviors across development.attachment, emotion regulation, empathy, prosocial behavior, social competence 1 | I NTR OD U CTI ON Prosocial behavior involves voluntary action to improve another's welfare; it encompasses diverse behaviors, such as feeding a hungry child, lending a hand to a stranger, or soothing a distraught friend. Individual differences in prosociality emerge early in life and carry significant implications for social development (e.g., Eisenberg, Fabes, & Spinrad, 2006). Given the importance of prosociality in sustaining cooperative human relationships, substantial research has focused on understanding the factors that contribute to its development. One of the most influential theories of social Social Development. 2017;26:661-678.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/sode

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“…Further, one of the scales—the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire used to assess conduct problems—showed relatively low reliability. Although it has been used frequently in the literature to assess early adolescent externalizing behaviors, future research examining conduct problems in Hispanic adolescents should use a scale specifically tailored for this population in order to attain higher internal reliability. Another limitation is that we did not examine subgroups of Hispanic individuals; thus, we could not examine potential within‐group differences.…”

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Adolescent Adjustment Problems Mediate the Association Between Racial Discrimination and School Connectedness

Fernandez

Loukas

Golaszewski

et al. 2019

Journal of School Health

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BACKGROUND: Whereas previous research suggests a positive association between racial discrimination and early adolescent adjustment problems, few studies examine the relationship between discrimination and school connectedness as it relates to adjustment problems among Hispanic early adolescents. In this study, we examined if depressive symptoms and conduct problems would mediate the concurrent association between perceived racial discrimination and school connectedness among Hispanic early adolescents. METHODS:Participants for this study were 192 11-15-year-old (M = 12.1; SD = .95) Hispanic middle school students. Using multigroup path analyses, we examined the indirect association between racial discrimination and school connectedness through adjustment problems, and the equivalence of the associations across girls and boys. RESULTS:Racial discrimination was positively associated with depressive symptoms and conduct problems for both girls and boys. In turn, depressive symptoms were negatively associated with school connectedness for girls only, whereas conduct problems were negatively associated with school connectedness for boys only. CONCLUSIONS:In consideration of study findings, school personnel should be mindful of Hispanic adolescents who display depressive symptoms or conduct problems, as they may be highly vulnerable to lower levels of school connectedness when experiencing racial discrimination.

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The role of parental and peer attachment relationships and school connectedness in predicting adolescent mental health outcomes

Abstract: Background -Adolescent attachment relationships with parents and peers and the

Cited by 178 publications

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Supporting the education and well-being of children who are looked-after: what is the role of the virtual school?

Supporting the education and well-being of children who are looked-after: what is the role of the virtual school?

The multifaceted nature of prosocial behavior in children: Links with attachment theory and research

Adolescent Adjustment Problems Mediate the Association Between Racial Discrimination and School Connectedness

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