Attachment, Coping, and Explanatory Style in Late Adolescence

Self-report data from 157 college students show that, in general, more secure attachments were positively related to support-seeking and active problem-solving coping styles and to females', but not males', tendency to explain hypothetical successes and failures in a positive or self-enhan...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1998-04, Vol.27 (2), p.121-139
Main Authors: Greenberger, Ellen, McLaughlin, Caitlin S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Adolescents
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Children & youth
College Students
Coping
Coping style
Explanations
Explanatory style
Factors
Failure
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Higher Education
Hypotheses
Parents & parenting
Personal relationships
Personality. Affectivity
Problem solving
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Relationship
Self Report Measures
Sex Differences
Social Support Groups
Stress
Students
Success
Teenagers
Universities
USA
Young adults
Young Children
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Summary:Self-report data from 157 college students show that, in general, more secure attachments were positively related to support-seeking and active problem-solving coping styles and to females', but not males', tendency to explain hypothetical successes and failures in a positive or self-enhancing manner. Sex differences in security of attachments are discussed. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1023/A:1021607627971