Attachment, emotion regulation and coping in portuguese emerging adults: a test of a mediation hypothesis

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Joana Cabral (Autor) FPCEUP; Paula Mena Matos (Autor) FPCEUP; Wim Beyers (Autor) Outra; Bart Soenens (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Vol. 15 Nº 3

Páginas: 1000-1012

ISSN: 1138-7416

Editora: Cambridge University Press

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Psicologia

Projetos Associados

Vinculação - Vinculação, desenvolvimento e adaptação psicossocial

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ID Authenticus: P-002-3N0

DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n3.39391

Abstract (EN): Although the quality of parent-adolescent emotional bonds has consistently been proposed as a major influence on young adult's psycho-emotional functioning, the precise means by which these bonds either facilitate or impede adaptive coping are not well-understood. In an effort to advance this inquiry, the present study examined interrelationships among measures of parental attachment, emotion regulation processes, and preferred coping strategies within a sample of 942 college freshmen. Structural Equation Modelling was used to test whether the link between attachment to parents and the use of particular coping strategies is mediated by differences in emotion regulation mechanisms. As hypothesized, differences in attachment to parents predicted differences in the use of emotion regulation mechanisms and coping strategies. More specifically, having a close emotional bond, feeling supported in autonomy processes and having (moderately) low levels of separation anxiety toward parents predict more constructive emotion regulation mechanisms and coping strategies. Additionally emotion regulation was found to (partly or totally) mediate the association between attachment and coping.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

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