Parent-child attachment working models and self-esteem in ad

• Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 1
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Nature B.V 01.01.1994
• Subjects: Adolescents; Attachment; Attachment Behavior; Child development; Parents & parenting; Perceptions; Personal relationships; Self esteem; Self image; Social research; Teenagers; Young Children

The degree of continuity over time in the quality of parent-child attachments and the relationship between these attachments and current self-esteem was investigated. Subjects who classified their parent-child attachment as secure rated their parents as high in independence-encouraging and acceptanc...