Individual differences in attachment-autonomy configurations: linkages with substances use and youth competencies

Article Abstract:

Variations in attachment-autonomy configurations related to substance use and several adolescent competencies are explored. Analyses of subgroups that represented four attachment-autonomy patterns derived from cluster analysis showed higher competency levels and fewer problems related to substance use for the group combining strong attachment and self-reliance, coupled with low levels of emotional autonomy.

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Competency (Legal), Competency to stand trial

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Youth engaging in online harassment: associations with caregiver-child relationships, Internet use, and personal characteristics

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Psychological characteristics of youth engaging in Internet harassment were examined by using the largest US sample of youth Internet users. Results from the nationally representative survey suggested that Internet harassment is a significant public health issue, with aggressors facing multiple psychological challenges including poor parent-child relationships, substance use, and delinquency.

Influence, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Harassment (Law), Harassment, Aggressiveness (Psychology) in adolescence, Adolescent aggressiveness

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Adolescent adjustment in a nationally collected sample: identifying group differences by adoption status, adoption subtype, developmental stage and gender

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Group differences in adolescent adjustments are investigated by adoption status and adoption subtype in a national sample, in contrast to group differences based on developmental stage or gender. Group comparisons revealed little evidence of increased maladjustment among adopted adolescents compared to non-adopted study participants.

Adoption, Sex differences

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