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Best friend attachment versus peer attachment in the prediction of adolescent psychological adjustment

Wilkinson, Ross

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This study examined the utility of the newly developed Adolescent Friendship Attachment Scale (AFAS) for the prediction of adolescent psychological health and school attitude. High school students (266 males, 229 females) were recruited from private and public schools in the Australian Capital Territory with ages of participants ranging from 13 to 19 years. Self-report measures of depression, self-esteem, self-competence and school attitude were administered in addition to the AFAS and a...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Ross
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:06:34Z
dc.identifier.issn0140-1971
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/62711
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the utility of the newly developed Adolescent Friendship Attachment Scale (AFAS) for the prediction of adolescent psychological health and school attitude. High school students (266 males, 229 females) were recruited from private and public schools in the Australian Capital Territory with ages of participants ranging from 13 to 19 years. Self-report measures of depression, self-esteem, self-competence and school attitude were administered in addition to the AFAS and a short-form of the Inventory of Parental and Peer Attachment (IPPA). Regression analyses revealed that the AFAS Anxious and Avoidant scales added to the prediction of depression, self-esteem, self-competence, and school attitude beyond the contribution of the IPPA. It is concluded that the AFAS taps aspects of adolescent attachment relationships not assessed by the IPPA and provides a useful contribution to research and practice in the area of adolescent psycho-social adjustment.
dc.publisherAcademic Press
dc.sourceJournal of Adolescence
dc.subjectKeywords: academic achievement; adaptive behavior; adolescent; adolescent friendship attachment scale; adult; article; depression; emotional attachment; female; human; human relation; male; peer pressure; prediction; psychological rating scale; psychological well b Adolescence; Attachment; Friendship; Psychological health
dc.titleBest friend attachment versus peer attachment in the prediction of adolescent psychological adjustment
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume33
dc.date.issued2010
local.identifier.absfor170102 - Developmental Psychology and Ageing
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB728
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationWilkinson, Ross, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage709
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage717
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.10.013
local.identifier.absseo920201 - Allied Health Therapies (excl. Mental Health Services)
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:32:11Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77956171009
local.identifier.thomsonID000283405100014
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