Parental Bonds, Attachment Anxiety, Media Susceptibility, and Body Dissatisfaction: A Mediation Model

Autor/inn/en	Patton, Sarah C.; Beaujean, A. Alexander; Benedict, Helen E.
Titel	Parental Bonds, Attachment Anxiety, Media Susceptibility, and Body Dissatisfaction: A Mediation Model
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 8, S.2124-2133 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0037111
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Body Composition; Anxiety; Friendship; Females; Adolescents; Young Adults; Church Related Colleges; Mothers; Fathers; Attachment Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Correlation; Intimacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Mass Media Effects; Human Body; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; High School Students; College Students; Youth Programs; Middle School Students; Questionnaires; Religious Factors; Statistical Analysis; Churches + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Angst; Freundschaft; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Kirchliche Hochschule; Mother; Mutter; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Menschlicher Körper; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Jugendsofortprogramm; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Church; Kirche
Abstract	The developmental trajectory of body image dissatisfaction is unclear. Researchers have investigated sociocultural and developmental risk factors; however, the literature needs an integrative etiological model. In 2009, Cheng and Mallinckrodt proposed a dual mediation model, positing that poor-quality parental bonds, via the mechanisms of heightening romantic attachment anxiety and thin-ideal media internalization, increases body dissatisfaction. We tested 2 versions of this model, including an alternate model featuring attachment anxiety in close friendships. We recruited females ages 12-24, primarily from a mid-sized private religious university, to complete self-report measures. The participant sample was ethnically diverse, with approximately 40% endorsing minority status. Results showed that mother care and father care were negatively linked to friendship attachment anxiety and romantic attachment anxiety. Friendship and romantic attachment anxiety were positively linked to media susceptibility. Media susceptibility was positively linked to body image dissatisfaction. Mother care and father care were negatively, indirectly linked to body image dissatisfaction through the mediators of friendship attachment anxiety and media susceptibility. Mother care made a significant, albeit small, contribution to body image dissatisfaction after controlling for other variables. Overall, findings suggest that adverse parent--child relational factors may indirectly elevate body dissatisfaction, operating through attachment anxiety and susceptibility to sociocultural pressures. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01