Résultats de recherche

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)

1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« The first objective of the present study was to investigate the separate contributions of attachments to mother and to father and their associations with adolescents’ coping strategies. [...] The second and third objective of this research was to examine the relationship between attachment style and perceived stress and to explore whether stress mediates the relationship between attachment and coping. » (p. 10-12)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’échantillon de l’auteure comprend 51 adolescents fréquentant une école anglophone de la banlieue de Montréal.

Instruments:
- General Information Form
- Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

« Adolescent romantic relationships have significant implications for emotional adjustment and mental health. Thus, it is important to understand how adolescents cope with romantic loss. This study examined the extent to which middle adolescents’ attachment to mothers and fathers is associated with their ways of coping with a romantic break up. A sample of 51 adolescents completed self-report measures of coping with a romantic break up and attachment. Hierarchical regressions revealed that attachment to mother (although not father) was positively related with adolescents’ ways of coping; and some of these relationships appear to be mediated by stress. As hypothesized, more anxiously attached adolescents coped by using more social support, problem solving, rumination, and confrontive behaviors. More insecurely attached adolescents in general (high on anxiety and / or avoidance dimensions) used more escape-avoidant coping. The findings underscore the importance of attachment to mother in the development of coping strategies for affect regulation in romantic relationships. Implications for prevention and interventions programs for youths are discussed. » (p. iii)