Attachment and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Predicting Adult Psychopathology

作者：Pascuzzo Katherine; Moss Ellen; Cyr Chantal

来源：SAGE Open, 2015, 5(3): 2158244015604695.

DOI：10.1177/2158244015604695

<jats:p> This study tested a 10-year longitudinal model examining the role of adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies on adult symptoms of psychopathology. Fifty individuals completed a measure of attachment security to parents and peers at age 14, measures of romantic attachment and emotion regulation at age 22, and a measure of psychopathology at age 24. Results revealed that attachment insecurity to parents in adolescence was associated with greater symptoms of psychopathology in adulthood, and emotion-focused strategies partially mediated this association. Anxious romantic attachment was also related to psychopathology, an association that was fully mediated by emotion-focused strategies. The long-term mechanism involved in the association between earlier attachment and future adaptation will be discussed. </jats:p>

• 出版日期2015-9