This study investigated the effects of adolescents’ attachment security and reflective functioning (RF) (assessed by the adult attachment interview [AAI]) in the prediction of well-being in adulthood. Adolescents (N = 79; M = 14.6 years old; SD = 3.5 years) completed the AAI at Time 1 (T1), which was subsequently coded for inferred attachment experiences, narrative coherence, and RF by three nonoverlapping teams of raters. Participants completed the Psychological General Well-being Index at T1 and 8 years later (Time 2, T2). Analyses showed that (a) both adolescent narrative coherence and RF were significant predictors of almost all indices of well-being at T2 in adulthood; (b) both narrative coherence and RF indirectly linked inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being; (c) when included in the same model, RF was a significant indirect effect linking inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being. These findings contribute to theory in suggesting that both RF and narrative coherence are predictive of subsequent psychological well-being and operate as links between inferred parental care and subsequent adjustment. Possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.

Borelli, J., Brugnera, A., Zarbo, C., Rabboni, M., Bondi, E., Tasca, G., et al. (2019). Attachment comes of age: adolescents’ narrative coherence and reflective functioning predict well-being in emerging adulthood. ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 21(4), 332-351 [10.1080/14616734.2018.1479870].

Attachment comes of age: adolescents’ narrative coherence and reflective functioning predict well-being in emerging adulthood

Zarbo, Cristina;
2019

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of adolescents’ attachment security and reflective functioning (RF) (assessed by the adult attachment interview [AAI]) in the prediction of well-being in adulthood. Adolescents (N = 79; M = 14.6 years old; SD = 3.5 years) completed the AAI at Time 1 (T1), which was subsequently coded for inferred attachment experiences, narrative coherence, and RF by three nonoverlapping teams of raters. Participants completed the Psychological General Well-being Index at T1 and 8 years later (Time 2, T2). Analyses showed that (a) both adolescent narrative coherence and RF were significant predictors of almost all indices of well-being at T2 in adulthood; (b) both narrative coherence and RF indirectly linked inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being; (c) when included in the same model, RF was a significant indirect effect linking inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being. These findings contribute to theory in suggesting that both RF and narrative coherence are predictive of subsequent psychological well-being and operate as links between inferred parental care and subsequent adjustment. Possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.
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adolescence; Attachment; narrative coherence; psychological adjustment; reflective functioning;
English
4-giu-2018
2019
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332
351
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Borelli, J., Brugnera, A., Zarbo, C., Rabboni, M., Bondi, E., Tasca, G., et al. (2019). Attachment comes of age: adolescents’ narrative coherence and reflective functioning predict well-being in emerging adulthood. ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 21(4), 332-351 [10.1080/14616734.2018.1479870].
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