Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Parental attachment, attachment to friends, and well-being among Chilean adolescents and emerging adults
Originally published 2024-10-30 · PLOS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0312777 ↗
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How do older children describe a bond with parents as friendships become more important?
Comparing reports across relationship partners and age groups helps separate parental connection from peer support.
Who was studied?
Chilean adolescents and emerging adults reporting attachment to parents and friends
Age / stage: 14–17 and 18–29 years
Read with three questions
- How do older children describe a bond with parents as friendships become more important?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (chilean adolescents and emerging adults reporting attachment to parents and friends) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Chilean adolescents and emerging adults completed self-report measures at one point. Age-group differences cannot reveal how an individual person's attachments change over time.
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Omayck Valarezo-Bravo; Mónica Guzmán-González; Anna Włodarczyk; Silvia Ubillos-Landa; Giulia Casu (2024). Parental attachment, attachment to friends, and well-being among Chilean adolescents and emerging adults PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312777
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