Department of Basic Psychological Processes and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 20;19(16):10383. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610383.
The main goal of this study was to examine the role of parental behaviors during both the process of divorce and the post-divorce period on emerging adult children's attachment-related anxiety and avoidance. Specifically, we analyzed how recalled coparental respect and cooperation, interparental conflict, positive parenting strategies, and both parents' emotional state and instability from adult children's perspective during the divorce process and the post-divorce period were associated with emerging adult children's current attachment representations. Our sample consisted of 173 emerging adults (Mage = 22.01). The results of this study demonstrate that paternal coparental respect and cooperation along with freedom provided by the mother to talk about the father during the divorce process and post-divorce period were both related to lower attachment-related avoidance. Our findings also confirm a significant link between some paternal positive attitudes during the divorce process (i.e., freedom provided by the father to talk about the mother) and low attachment-related anxiety. Overall, the results of this research confirm that beyond divorce perse, several variables surrounding the divorce process better explain variations in adult children's attachment representations, which contribute to better comprehending the effects of parental divorce.
本研究的主要目的是考察父母在离婚过程中和离婚后阶段的行为对成年子女依恋相关焦虑和回避的影响。具体来说，我们分析了成年子女在离婚过程中和离婚后阶段如何从自身角度回忆起父母对彼此的尊重与合作、父母间的冲突、积极的育儿策略以及父母双方的情绪状态和不稳定性，这些因素与成年子女当前的依恋关系有何关联。我们的样本由 173 名成年子女组成（Mage=22.01）。研究结果表明，父亲在离婚过程中和离婚后阶段对母亲的尊重与合作以及提供的自由，与较低的依恋相关回避有关。我们的研究结果还证实，在离婚过程中，父亲的一些积极态度（即父亲提供与母亲交谈的自由）与较低的依恋相关焦虑之间存在显著联系。总的来说，这项研究的结果证实，除了离婚本身之外，离婚过程中的几个变量能够更好地解释成年子女依恋关系的变化，这有助于更好地理解父母离婚的影响。
