The Independent Associations of Attachment Representations to Parents and Depressive Symptoms with Friendships and Romantic Relationships in Young Adults

IF 1.8 3区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Fatmawati Fadli, Nicholas J. Moberly, Lamprini Psychogiou
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The formation of friendships and romantic relationships represents an important developmental task in young adulthood. However, little is known about the potential factors associated with the quality of these interpersonal relationships. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine whether attachment representations to parents and depressive symptoms were independently associated with the quality of friendships and romantic relationships. Using the Prolific platform, 196 young adults (M age = 22.01 years, SD = 1.62) participated in the study. Each participant reported their attachment representations to mother and father and depressive symptoms through the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and Patient Health Questionnaire 8, respectively. Positive (companionship, intimate disclosure, emotional support, approval, and satisfaction) and negative (conflict, criticism, pressure, exclusion, and dominance) dimensions of relationship quality with a close friend and a romantic partner were assessed with the Network of Relationships Inventory-Relationship Quality Version. Results showed that secure attachment representations to mother (but not father) were significantly associated with increased emotional support, approval, and satisfaction in romantic relationships, even after controlling for gender and depressive symptoms. Increased depressive symptoms were significantly associated with more conflict, criticism, and pressure in friendships, above and beyond gender and attachment representations to parents. There was a significant interaction between gender and depressive symptoms in predicting friendship quality. Men with increased depressive symptoms reported more conflict and dominance. No significant effects were found for women. These findings underscore the importance of secure attachment representations to mother in predicting healthy romantic relationships and depressive symptoms in predicting problematic friendships, especially for men.

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青少年对父母的依恋表征与抑郁症状与友谊和恋爱关系的独立关联
建立友谊和恋爱关系是青少年成长过程中的一项重要任务。然而,人们对与这些人际关系质量相关的潜在因素知之甚少。这项横断面研究旨在探讨对父母的依恋表征和抑郁症状是否与友谊和恋爱关系的质量独立相关。通过 Prolific 平台,196 名年轻人(中位年龄 = 22.01 岁,标准差 = 1.62)参与了研究。每位受试者分别通过《父母与同伴依恋表》(Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment)和《患者健康问卷8》(Patient Health Questionnaire 8)报告了他们对母亲和父亲的依恋表征以及抑郁症状。与亲密朋友和恋爱伴侣之间关系质量的积极(陪伴、亲密披露、情感支持、认可和满意)和消极(冲突、批评、压力、排斥和支配)维度则通过 "关系网络清单-关系质量版 "进行评估。结果表明,即使在控制了性别和抑郁症状之后,对母亲(而非父亲)的安全依恋表征与恋爱关系中情感支持、认可和满意度的增加有显著关联。在性别和对父母的依恋表征之外,抑郁症状的增加与朋友关系中更多的冲突、批评和压力有明显的关联。在预测友谊质量方面,性别和抑郁症状之间存在明显的交互作用。抑郁症状加重的男性报告了更多的冲突和主导地位。而女性则无明显影响。这些发现强调了对母亲的安全依恋表征在预测健康的恋爱关系中的重要性,以及抑郁症状在预测有问题的友谊中的重要性,尤其是对男性而言。
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Journal of Adult Development
Journal of Adult Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
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3.90
自引率
4.50%
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43
期刊介绍: The Journal of Adult Development is an interdisciplinary journal covering development in early adulthood, midlife, and later adulthood. The Journal supports innovative theoretical and empirical articles that help direct the future of our field. Critical issues include the importance of life-long education, work and family changes, and physical and mental health influencing adult development. In addition, the impact of personality, emotions, cognition, and biomarkers are areas of interest. The Journal of Adult Development emphasizes the importance of interindividual differences and contextual issues influencing adult development. Interventions that promote optimal development throughout the adult life span are also welcome.
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