Loss of a parent in childhood: attachment and coping in a model of adolescent resilience.
Adolescent resilience after parental death in childhood and its relationship to attachment and coping were examined in this cross-sectional correlational study. Resilience was operationalized as social competence, global self-worth, and health. Sixty-two adolescents were interviewed using self-report instruments. Pearson product moment correlations and multiple regression analyses were used to test five hypotheses. Three hypotheses were partially supported in that adaptive coping was a significant predictor of the measures of resilience. Correlations were significant between attachment and coping and between attachment and health. All adolescents shared observations about their experiences.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent