Open AccessAttachment and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Predicting Adult Psychopathology
Author(s) -
Katherine Pascuzzo,
Ellen Moss,
Chantal Cyr
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244015604695
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , attachment theory , developmental psychopathology , romance , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis
This study tested a 10-year longitudinal model examining the roleof adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategieson adult symptoms of psychopathology. Fifty individuals completed a measure ofattachment security to parents and peers at age 14, measures of romantic attachment andemotion regulation at age 22, and a measure of psychopathology at age 24. Resultsrevealed that attachment insecurity to parents in adolescence was associated withgreater symptoms of psychopathology in adulthood, and emotion-focused strategiespartially mediated this association. Anxious romantic attachment was also related topsychopathology, an association that was fully mediated by emotion-focused strategies.The long-term mechanism involved in the association between earlier attachment andfuture adaptation will be discussed