Shomaker Lauren B, Furman Wyndol
National Institute of Health, University of Denver.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2009 Aug 1;26(5):579. doi: 10.1177/0265407509354441.
This study examined how current parent-adolescent relationship qualities and adolescents' representations of relationships with parents were related to friendship interactions in 200 adolescent-close friend dyads. Adolescents and friends were observed discussing problems during a series of structured tasks. Negative interactions with mothers were significantly related to adolescents' greater conflict with friends, poorer focus on tasks, and poorer communication skills. Security of working models (as assessed by interview) was significantly associated with qualities of friendship interactions, whereas security of attachment styles (as assessed by questionnaire) was not. More dismissing (vs. secure) working models were associated with poorer focus on problem discussions and weaker communication skills with friends, even after accounting for gender differences and current parent-adolescent relationship qualities. We discuss possible mechanisms for the observed links between dimensions of parent-adolescent relationships and friendships. We also consider methodological and conceptual differences between working model and style measures of attachment representations.
本研究考察了当前亲子关系质量以及青少年对与父母关系的表征如何与200对青少年密友二元组中的友谊互动相关。在一系列结构化任务中，观察青少年及其朋友讨论问题的情况。与母亲的消极互动与青少年与朋友之间更大的冲突、对任务的注意力更差以及沟通技巧更差显著相关。工作模型的安全性（通过访谈评估）与友谊互动的质量显著相关，而依恋风格的安全性（通过问卷评估）则不然。即使在考虑了性别差异和当前亲子关系质量之后，更多疏离型（相对于安全型）的工作模型与对问题讨论的注意力较差以及与朋友的沟通技巧较弱相关。我们讨论了亲子关系维度与友谊之间观察到的联系的可能机制。我们还考虑了依恋表征的工作模型和风格测量在方法和概念上的差异。
