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Xuefen Jiang; Changlin Liu; Xiao Xiao; Youlong Zhan – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
Parental attachment promotes moral maturity in adolescents by improving empathy. Narcissism, one of the three dark personalities, affects both empathy and moral development. However, little is known about how narcissism moderates the influence of parental attachment on moral development in adolescents. A total of 1,574 Chinese middle school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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Vagos, Paula; Ribeiro da Silva, Diana; Macedo, Stephanie – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
This work evaluated the cross-sectional and longitudinal (i.e., over four months) impact of attachment to mother, father, and peers on three psychopathic traits (i.e., grandiose-manipulative, callous-unemotional, and impulsive-irresponsible) using a community adolescent sample, and if that impact was differentiated by gender. Though there is…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
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Menon, Meenakshi; Moyes, Harriet C. A.; Bradley, Christina M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
We hypothesized that in adolescence, maladaptive narcissism interacts with low self-esteem to predict a preoccupied attachment style ("attachment for self-affirmation hypothesis"), and with high self-esteem to predict an avoidant attachment style ("attachment for self-enhancement hypothesis"). We expected gender differences in…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Self Esteem, Attachment Behavior, Correlation
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Sochos, Antigonos – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
The couple relationship is an essential source of support for individuals undergoing psychological treatment and the aim of this study was to apply a new methodology in assessing the quality of such support. A theoretically informed thematic analysis of interview transcripts was conducted, triangulated by quantitative data. Twenty-one brief…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Patients, Anxiety
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Gnilka, Philip B.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Noble, Christina M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2013
This study examined the relationships between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism, anxious and avoidant adult attachment styles, depression, hopelessness, and life satisfaction among a sample of 180 undergraduate students. Maladaptive perfectionism mediated the relationship between both forms of adult attachment and depression, hopelessness,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Personality Problems, Depression (Psychology), Life Satisfaction
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Rossouw, Trudie I.; Fonagy, Peter – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: We examined whether mentalization-based treatment for adolescents (MBT-A) is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) for adolescents who self-harm. Method: A total of 80 adolescents (85% female) consecutively presenting to mental health services with self-harm and comorbid depression were randomly allocated to either MBT-A or TAU.…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Outcomes of Treatment, Mental Health Programs
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Somech, Lior Y.; Elizur, Yoel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Research of psychological distress (PD) needs to differentiate between anxiety/depression and hostility/suspiciousness, which are associated with different motivational systems. In this study, structural equation modeling was used to test two hypothesized models for the prediction of each facet of PD. Hypotheses were proposed about the effects of…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Structural Equation Models, Prediction, Attachment Behavior
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Seifer, Ronald; Dickstein, Susan; Parade, Stephanie; Hayden, Lisa C.; Magee, Karin Dodge; Schiller, Masha – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Goodness of fit has been a key theoretical construct for understanding caregiver-child relationships. We developed an interview method to assess goodness of fit as a relationship construct, and employed this method in a longitudinal study of child temperament, family context, and attachment relationship formation. Goodness of fit at 4 and 8 months…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, Interviews, Goodness of Fit, Depression (Psychology)
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Menard, Kim S.; Pincus, Aaron L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
In this study, self-report student surveys on early childhood maltreatment, attachment styles, alcohol expectancies, and narcissistic personality traits are examined to determine their influence on stalking behavior. Two subtypes of stalking were measured using Spitzberg and Cupach's (2008) Obsessive Relational Intrusion: cyber stalking (one…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Sexual Abuse
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Delhaye, Marie; Kempenaers, Chantal; Burton, Julie; Linkowski, Paul; Stroobants, Rob; Goossens, Luc – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2012
The authors compared parent-related perceptions by hospitalized adolescents (i.e., who were admitted to a specialized psychiatric unit; n = 50) and delinquent adolescents (i.e., who were placed at a juvenile treatment institution; n = 51) with adolescents from the general population (n = 51). All adolescents completed a broad set of measures of…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Parenting Styles
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Carr, Alan; Dooley, Barbara; Fitzpatrick, Mark; Flanagan, Edel; Flanagan-Howard, Roisin; Tierney, Kevin; White, Megan; Daly, Margaret; Egan, Jonathan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To document the adult adjustment of survivors of childhood institutional abuse. Method: Two hundred and forty-seven adult survivors of institutional abuse with a mean age of 60 were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, modules from the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I Disorders of DSM IV…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Clinical Diagnosis, Attachment Behavior, Personality Problems
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Lyddon, William J.; Sherry, Alissa – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Using K. Bartholomew's (1990) 4-dimensional model of adult attachment as an organizational framework, 10 developmental personality styles are differentiated regarding their unique attachment experiences, working models of self and other, and feedforward beliefs. Implications of an attachment theory framework for counseling clients with problematic…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Personality Development
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Fisher, Sebern F. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2007
This case study examines the effects of neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) training on affect regulation in a fifty-five year-old man with a history marked by fear, rage, alcoholism, chronic unemployment and multiple failed treatments. He had been diagnosed with ADHD and attachment disorder and met criteria for anti-social personality disorder. The…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Attention Deficit Disorders, Personality, Fear
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Klin, Ami – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Twelve autistic children (ages 4-6) were given a choice between their mothers' speech and the noise of superimposed voices. In contrast to comparison groups of mentally retarded and normally developing children, the autistic children actively preferred the superimposed voices or showed a lack of preference for either audio segment. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Auditory Stimuli, Autism, Listening
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McKeown, Robert E.; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Assessed whether presence of both natural parents at home and level of perceived emotional bonding in the family were predictors of depressive symptoms. Found cohesion was associated with depressive symptoms after controlling for family structure and parent education, but there were significant interactions of cohesion with race and gender.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems