Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 248 Stone, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Feb;39(2):127-37. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9396-x. Epub 2009 Jan 28.
The current study examined the process by which attachment to parents influences satisfaction with and ease in forming friendships at college. One hundred seventy-two female college freshmen completed a measure of parental attachment security the summer before their first semester of college (July 2006) and measures to assess satisfaction with and ease in forming close relationships at the end of their first semester (December 2006). Students ranged in age from 18 to 20 years (M = 18.09, SD = 0.33) and were diverse in their racial makeup (30% racial minority). Consistent with predictions derived from attachment theory, secure attachment to parents was positively associated with ease in forming friendships among racial minority and white participants and satisfaction with friendships among minority participants. Moreover, indirect effects of parental attachment security on relationship outcomes through social anxiety were significant for minority participants but not for white participants. Findings may be useful in the development of retention programs targeted at incoming university freshmen, particularly minority students.
本研究考察了依恋父母的过程如何影响大学生对友谊的满意度和建立友谊的容易程度。172 名女大学生在大学第一学期前的暑假（2006 年 7 月）完成了一项父母依恋安全性的测量，以及在第一学期末（2006 年 12 月）评估与建立亲密关系的满意度和容易程度的测量。学生的年龄在 18 到 20 岁之间（M=18.09，SD=0.33），种族构成多样（少数民族占 30%）。与依恋理论的预测一致，父母依恋的安全性与少数民族和白人参与者建立友谊的容易程度以及少数民族参与者对友谊的满意度呈正相关。此外，父母依恋安全性通过社交焦虑对关系结果的间接影响在少数民族参与者中是显著的，但在白人参与者中不显著。这些发现可能对针对大学新生，特别是少数民族学生的保留项目的发展有用。
