TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - An attachment perspective on anger among adolescents
JO  - Merrill-Palmer quarterly
A1  - Konishi, Chiaki
A1  - Hymel, Shelley
SP  - 53
EP  - 79
VL  - 60
IS  - 1
N2  - Extending John Bowlby's hypothesis that dysfunctional anger is a predictable outcome of insecure attachments to parents, this study investigated the relationship between current parent-adolescent attachment and both the experience and expression of anger. Participants included 776 students (379 boys and 397 girls) in grades 8-12. As predicted by attachment theory, results of structural equation modeling analyses indicated that adolescents' self-reported attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance toward both mother and father figures were positively related to the adolescents' greater levels of self-reported anger intensity. In turn, greater intensity of anger was associated with higher levels of both internalizing (anger-in) and externalizing (anger-out) expressions. In addition, there was a direct effect of attachment anxiety on internalized but not externalized anger. This study highlights the importance of differentiating anger dimensions and the critical role of anger intensity as a mediator of the relationship between insecure attachment and anger expressions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-930X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2014.0000
ID  - ref1
ER  -