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The relationship between attachment cognitions and psychological adjustment in late adolescent women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

DORLI BURGE
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
CONSTANCE HAMMEN
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
JOANNE DAVILA
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
SHANNON E. DALEY
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
BLAIR PALEY
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
NANGEL LINDBERG
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
DAVID HERZBERG
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
KAREN D. RUDOLPH
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Abstract

This longitudinal study of 137 female high school seniors investigated the relationship of attachment cognitions, current psychological functioning, and psychological functioning 12 months later. Attachment cognitions, assessed with the Revised Adult Attachment Scale and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, were significantly associated with current symptomatology. The Revised Adult Attachment Scale, in interaction with initial symptomatology, predicted depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and personality disorders 12 months later. The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment parent subscales predicted eating disorder and personality disorder symptomatology, whereas the peer subscales predicted substance abuse, eating disorder, and personality disorder symptomatology.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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