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Parental Attachment, Self‐Worth, and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adults
Author(s) -
Kenny Maureen E.,
Sirin Selcuk R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - depressive symptoms , self worth , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , attachment theory , young adult , psychiatry , self esteem , anxiety
The characteristics of parental attachment were assessed for a sample of 81 emerging adults (ages 22–28 years) and their mothers. Emerging adults' reports of self‐worth were found to mediate the relationship between their reports of parental attachment and depressive symptoms. The emerging adults' unique perspectives of the attachment relationship were more predictive of their self‐reported self‐worth and depressive symptoms than were the mothers' perspectives of the relationship.