TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of attachment and rearing behavior on anxiety in normal developing youth
T2 - A mediational study
AU - Breinholst, Sonja
AU - Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff
AU - Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - A few studies have examined the relative contribution of insecure attachment and negative parental rearing behaviors on childhood anxiety, but none have examined if insecure attachment mediates the association between negative parental rearing behavior and anxiety. The present study investigated the direct, as well as the indirect, relation between attachment to parents, parental rearing behaviors and anxiety symptoms in a sample of 1134 normal developing children and adolescent. Attachment relation was measured by the Security Scale (SEC), negative parental rearing behavior was measured by the Rearing Behavior Questionnaire (RBQ), and anxiety was assessed using the Screen for Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). We found, in accordance with previous research, that insecure attachment, maternal rejection and overprotection, each accounted for a significant proportion of the variance of anxiety symptoms. Another result was that insecure attachment was found to mediate the relationship between maternal psychological control and rejection, and anxiety symptoms. Findings are discussed with respect to future directions.
AB - A few studies have examined the relative contribution of insecure attachment and negative parental rearing behaviors on childhood anxiety, but none have examined if insecure attachment mediates the association between negative parental rearing behavior and anxiety. The present study investigated the direct, as well as the indirect, relation between attachment to parents, parental rearing behaviors and anxiety symptoms in a sample of 1134 normal developing children and adolescent. Attachment relation was measured by the Security Scale (SEC), negative parental rearing behavior was measured by the Rearing Behavior Questionnaire (RBQ), and anxiety was assessed using the Screen for Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). We found, in accordance with previous research, that insecure attachment, maternal rejection and overprotection, each accounted for a significant proportion of the variance of anxiety symptoms. Another result was that insecure attachment was found to mediate the relationship between maternal psychological control and rejection, and anxiety symptoms. Findings are discussed with respect to future directions.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Attachment
KW - Childhood
KW - Mediation
KW - Parenting
KW - Rearing behavior
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.022
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84926612242
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 81
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -