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Adolescent‐Parent Attachments Family Problem‐Solving Styles
Author(s) -
HILBURN COBB CATHRON L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00057.x
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , psychology , perspective (graphical) , intervention (counseling) , attachment theory , developmental psychology , dialectic , social psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , artificial intelligence , epistemology , psychiatry , philosophy
Variation in exploratory and collaborative behavior among family members define different problem‐solving styles or “paradigms” in families. Similar characteristics distinguish patterns of attachment within dyads. This suggests an association between these phenomena. The hypothesis was tested in a laboratory study of families with young adolescents. Using the Reiss Card Sort Procedure (CSP) and a newly developed scheme for classifying adolescent attachments, it was demonstrated that particular problem‐solving styles were linked to specific patterns of adolescent‐parent attachments. An association of paradigms and attachment patterns may afford a new perspective on the dialectical interplay between individual and family development. The probabilities of paradigm‐attachment association could prove useful when choosing an intervention model for family therapy.