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

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Joana Cabral (Author) FPCEUP; Paula Mena Matos (Author) FPCEUP; Wim Beyers (Author) Other; Bart Soenens (Author) Other

Journal

Title: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Vol. 15 No. 3

Pages: 1000-1012

ISSN: 1138-7416

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Psychology

Associated Projects

Vinculação - Vinculação, desenvolvimento e adaptação psicossocial

Other information

Authenticus ID: 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

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No. of pages: 13