Parental Attachment Types and Stress Management in a PersonOriented Context Among Hungarian Adolescents

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How can a teenager feel connected to a parent while learning to manage stress?

Comparing profiles of parental attachment and stress management places adolescents' descriptions of their bonds at the center of the analysis.

Who was studied?

Hungarian secondary students surveyed about parental bonds and coping

Age / stage: 16–23 years

Read with three questions

1. How can a teenager feel connected to a parent while learning to manage stress?
2. Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
3. Which features of the study population (hungarian secondary students surveyed about parental bonds and coping) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?

Keep the limits in view

The survey included secondary students up to age 23. Its attachment profiles and stress-management measures cannot automatically be extended to younger children.