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The Association between Parental Reports of Attachment Style and Family Dynamics, and Offspring's Reports of Adult Attachment Style
Author(s) -
MIKULINCER MARIO,
FLORIAN VICTOR
Publication year - 1999
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.1545-5300.1999.00243.x
Subject(s) - attachment theory , psychology , offspring , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , style (visual arts) , scale (ratio) , family environment scale , perception , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , pregnancy , quantum mechanics , computer science , psychotherapist , biology , neuroscience , history , genetics , physics , archaeology , artificial intelligence
This research assessed the association between parents' reports of attachment styles and their perceptions of family environment, on the one hand, and offspring's reports of adult attachment styles, on the other. The sample included 98 Israeli young adults who completed the adult attachment style scale, and their mothers and fathers who completed this scale, as well as FACES III, and the conflict and expressiveness subscales of the Family Environment Scale. Findings revealed associations between parents' and offspring's reports of attachment styles, which were qualified by gender matching. They also indicated independent and differential contributions 1 of the examined dimensions of perceived family environment to offspring's attachment styles. The discussion attempts to integrate attachment theory with a family system perspective.