Maternal Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Adolescents: The Influence of Coping Strategies and Gender

Autor/inn/en	Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.; Taylor, Jeremy J.; Campbell, Cynthya L.; Kesselring, Christine M.; Grant, Kathryn E.
Titel	Maternal Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Adolescents: The Influence of Coping Strategies and Gender
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38 (2009) 5, S.684-695 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Females; Attachment Behavior; Adolescents; Coping; Urban Youth; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mothers; Gender Differences; Correlation; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Predictor Variables; Path Analysis; Social Support Groups; Help Seeking; Check Lists; Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Prädiktor; Pfadanalyse; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Checkliste
Abstract	The current study examined coping strategies as mediators of the relation between maternal attachment and depressive symptoms in a sample of urban youth. Participants included 393 adolescents (M age = 12.03, SD = 0.85) participating in a larger study of the impact of stressful life experiences on low-income urban youth. Participants completed self-report measures of maternal attachment, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms at two time points. Results indicated that attachment was not a significant predictor of depression over time. Path analyses demonstrated limited support for a model in which higher maternal attachment predicted higher active coping, which in turn predicted fewer depressive symptoms at Time 2. Maternal attachment was a significant predictor of higher support-seeking coping, avoidant, and distraction coping. Higher maternal attachment predicted greater use of active coping strategies for boys but not for girls, and greater use of active coping strategies predicted fewer depressive symptoms for girls but not for boys. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10