@article{ref1,
title="The Relation of Attachment Security to Adolescents’ Paternal and Peer Relationships, Depression, and Externalizing Behavior",
journal="Child development",
year="2007",
author="Allen, Joseph P. and Porter, Maryfrances and McFarland, Christy and McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin and Marsh, Penny",
volume="78",
number="4",
pages="1222-1239",
abstract="The relation of attachment security to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning was examined in a community sample of 167 early adolescents. Security of attachment organization, assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, was linked to success in establishing autonomy while maintaining a sense of relatedness both with fathers and with peers, even after accounting for predictions from qualities of the mother-teen relationship. Growth curve analyses revealed links of insecurity to increasing patterns of externalizing behavior and higher and stable patterns of depressive symptoms across adolescence. Implications for a developing theory of the connections of the attachment system to multiple domains of functioning in adolescence are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01062.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01062.x"
}