title: Adolescent-parent attachments and family problem-solving styles.
abstract: Variation in exploratory and collaborative behavior among family members define different problem-solving styles or "paradigms" in families. Similar characteristics distinguish patterns of attachment within dyads. This suggests an association between these phenomena. The hypothesis was tested in a laboratory study of families with young adolescents. Using the Reiss Card Sort Procedure (CSP) and a newly developed scheme for classifying adolescent attachments, it was demonstrated that particular problem-solving styles were linked to specific patterns of adolescent-parent attachments. An association of paradigms and attachment patterns may afford a new perspective on the dialectical interplay between individual and family development. The probabilities of paradigm-attachment association could prove useful when choosing an intervention model for family therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cobb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012494:Sampling Studies