%0 Journal Article
%T The Relation of Attachment Security to Adolescents’ Paternal and Peer Relationships, Depression, and Externalizing Behavior
%J Child development
%D 2007
%A Allen, Joseph P.
%A Porter, Maryfrances
%A McFarland, Christy
%A McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin
%A Marsh, Penny
%V 78
%N 4
%P 1222-1239
%X 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 />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0009-3920
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01062.x