Abstract
Scant research to date has explored the possibility of context-specific variation in attachment security within a given relationship. In this paper, two cross-sectional studies were designed (1) to develop and validate context-specific attachment scales in Traditional-Chinese and (2) to explore variations in attachment security within a given parental relationship but between the contexts of sport and academics, relating them to global attachment patterns and indicators of psychological well-being. Results indicated that Taiwanese youth can and do perceive contextual variation within a given parental relationship. However, the relationship between such contextual variation and psychological outcomes was complex. Contextual variation may be a meaningful and useful way to explore and think about within-parent attachment fluctuation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 389-405 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 17 Sept 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Behavioral Neuroscience
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lai, Y. and Carr, S. (2019), Is Parental Attachment Security Contextual? Exploring Context‐Specific Child–Parent Attachment Patterns and Psychological Well‐Being in Taiwanese Youths. J Res Adolesc., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12531. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.