1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current thesis examined late adolescents’ attachment style with mother and self-reported, partner-reported and observed conflict behaviours with a close peer.» (p. iii)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’étude est basée sur la participation de 44 adolescents (30 filles) et un accompagnant (partenaire amoureux de sexe opposé ou un ami du même sexe). Les adolescents ont été recrutés dans une école secondaire en banlieue d’une ville canadienne.

Instruments :
- Questionnaire
- Grille d’observation

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

Results show that «friend dyads were more harmonious and less conflictual than romantic dyads on self-rated collaboration, observer-rated disagreements, and observed negative and positive emotions. Attachment findings pertained primarily to romantic dyads as observed by partners and/or independent observers. Adolescents avoidantly attached to their mother displayed more disagreements in shorter romantic relationships whereas those in longer relationships who were more avoidantly attached showed both less disagreement and negative emotions with their partners. Adolescents more anxiously attached to mother, surprisingly however, exhibited less disagreement and negative emotion, and more positive emotion, opposite to hypothesis. As well, adolescents more anxiously attached demonstrated less negative emotion during the discussion with friends. These findings support the continued role of attachment with mother in late adolescents’ emotion regulation behaviors with close peers, especially romantic partners.» (p. iii-iv)