Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship?
Attachment relationships with parents, as well as emotional competencies, are protective factors against stress and other physical, mental, and relational health symptoms in adolescence. In this paper, we will examine the mediating role of emotional competencies in the relationship between attachmen...
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doaj-c9fd905b82b74639b5e7022dab1dd0732020-11-25T02:34:56ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-07-011614255410.3390/ijerph16142554ijerph16142554Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship?Estefanía Mónaco0Konstanze Schoeps1Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla2Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 València, SpainDepartment of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 València, SpainDepartment of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 València, SpainAttachment relationships with parents, as well as emotional competencies, are protective factors against stress and other physical, mental, and relational health symptoms in adolescence. In this paper, we will examine the mediating role of emotional competencies in the relationship between attachment to parents and the well-being of adolescents, taking into account the influence of gender. There were 1276 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 15 years old (<i>M</i> = 13.48; <i>SD</i> = 1.09). We measured mother and father attachment relationships (trust, communication and alienation), emotional competencies (perceive and understand emotions, label and express emotions, manage and regulate emotions), and adolescent well-being using the indicators: somatic complaints, stress, satisfaction with life and affectivity. Descriptive analyses, Pearson correlations, and a multi-group path analysis were performed. The results indicated that emotional competencies partially mediate the relationship between attachment to parents and well-being variables. Attachment to one’s mother and father, along with emotional competencies, are relevant variables in adolescent well-being. This highlights the importance of understanding the protective factors of well-being in adolescence, a time when levels of well-being are reduced compared to childhood.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/14/2554attachment to parentsemotional competencieswell-beingadolescence |
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Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship? |
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Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship? |
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Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship? |
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Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship? |
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Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship? |
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attachment styles and well-being in adolescents: how does emotional development affect this relationship? |
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Attachment relationships with parents, as well as emotional competencies, are protective factors against stress and other physical, mental, and relational health symptoms in adolescence. In this paper, we will examine the mediating role of emotional competencies in the relationship between attachment to parents and the well-being of adolescents, taking into account the influence of gender. There were 1276 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 15 years old (<i>M</i> = 13.48; <i>SD</i> = 1.09). We measured mother and father attachment relationships (trust, communication and alienation), emotional competencies (perceive and understand emotions, label and express emotions, manage and regulate emotions), and adolescent well-being using the indicators: somatic complaints, stress, satisfaction with life and affectivity. Descriptive analyses, Pearson correlations, and a multi-group path analysis were performed. The results indicated that emotional competencies partially mediate the relationship between attachment to parents and well-being variables. Attachment to one’s mother and father, along with emotional competencies, are relevant variables in adolescent well-being. This highlights the importance of understanding the protective factors of well-being in adolescence, a time when levels of well-being are reduced compared to childhood. |
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attachment to parents emotional competencies well-being adolescence |
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