TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent–parent attachment characteristics and quality of youth sport friendship
AU - Carr, Sam
PY - 2009/11/4
Y1 - 2009/11/4
N2 - Objectives: To examine the link between security of adolescent–parent attachment relationships and
experiences of friendship quality in male team sport participants.
Design and method: Ninety six male adolescents involved in team sports completed self-report assessments
of relationship security with a key parental attachment figure and of the nature of their friendship
with a nominated sporting best friend. Teammates and coaches also provided ratings related to how easy
they found it to get along with participants.
Results: Results provided evidence that the nature of the adolescent–parent attachment relationship was
significantly related to sporting friendship experiences. More secure adolescent–parent attachment
characteristics corresponded to more positive sporting friendships. Furthermore, sporting friendship
dyads where both friends reported more secure attachment relations with parents were experienced
more positively than dyads where both friends were less securely attached to parents or even where one
friend was less securely attached.
Conclusion: There is a suggestion that adolescent attachment relations with parents are indicative of
underpinning working models of attachment that may subsequently influence the manner in which
youngsters negotiate friendships in sporting contexts.
AB - Objectives: To examine the link between security of adolescent–parent attachment relationships and
experiences of friendship quality in male team sport participants.
Design and method: Ninety six male adolescents involved in team sports completed self-report assessments
of relationship security with a key parental attachment figure and of the nature of their friendship
with a nominated sporting best friend. Teammates and coaches also provided ratings related to how easy
they found it to get along with participants.
Results: Results provided evidence that the nature of the adolescent–parent attachment relationship was
significantly related to sporting friendship experiences. More secure adolescent–parent attachment
characteristics corresponded to more positive sporting friendships. Furthermore, sporting friendship
dyads where both friends reported more secure attachment relations with parents were experienced
more positively than dyads where both friends were less securely attached to parents or even where one
friend was less securely attached.
Conclusion: There is a suggestion that adolescent attachment relations with parents are indicative of
underpinning working models of attachment that may subsequently influence the manner in which
youngsters negotiate friendships in sporting contexts.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.04.001
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.04.001
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 653
EP - 661
JO - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
JF - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
IS - 6
ER -