title: Paternal/maternal attachment, peer support, social expectations of peer interaction, and depressive symptoms.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how paternal and maternal attachment might relate to adolescents' peer support, social expectations of peer interaction, and depressive symptoms; 1,144 8th graders in Taiwan participated in the study. The relationships were examined through a structural equating modeling. Consistent with theoretical formulations, adolescents with secure attachments to parents reported higher peer support, fewer negative expectations, and fewer depressive symptoms. Paternal and maternal attachment contribute almost equally to adolescents' social expectations of peer interaction and depressive symptoms. Attachment to the same-sex parent was related to adolescents' perceived peer support.
authors.affiliation: Center for Teacher Education, National Tsing-Hua University, 101 Sec. 2 Kuang-Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, R.O.C. ylliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yih-Lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D013624:Taiwan