| Separation anxiety in parents of adolescents: theoretical significance and scale development. | |
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PMID: 11280485 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Parents of adolescents commonly face separation-related issues associated with children's increasing independence and imminent leave-taking. The aims of this investigation were (1) to develop a reliable and valid measure of parental emotions associated with separation and (2) to validate the measure by relating it to other attributes (attachment relationship quality, parent-child communication, and parent-adolescent differentiation) assessed in mothers, fathers, and their adolescents. The newly constructed, 35-item Parents of Adolescents Separation Anxiety Scale (PASAS) was administered to 686 parents of teenagers in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 or college-bound freshmen and seniors. Factor analyses supported formation of two subscales: Anxiety about Adolescent Distancing (AAD) and Comfort with Secure Base Role (CSBR); both subscales showed distinctive patterns of change with child age. Parents' reports indicated that healthy adult attachment styles were associated with lower AAD and higher CSBR scores; children of parents who had higher AAD scores reported lower quality of attachment to both mothers and fathers. |
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Authors:
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E Hock; M Eberly; S Bartle-Haring; P Ellwanger; K F Widaman |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child development Volume: 72 ISSN: 0009-3920 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 2001 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-03-30 Completed Date: 2001-07-12 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 284-98 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. hock.1@osu.edu |
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Adolescent Adolescent Behavior / psychology* Anxiety, Separation / epidemiology*, psychology* Conflict (Psychology) Factor Analysis, Statistical Female Humans Male Object Attachment Parent-Child Relations* Parents / psychology* Psychological Theory* Psychometrics Questionnaires* Reproducibility of Results |
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