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The relationship between attachment cognitions and psychological adjustment in late adolescent women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

DORLI BURGE
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
CONSTANCE HAMMEN
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
JOANNE DAVILA
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
SHANNON E. DALEY
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
BLAIR PALEY
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
NANGEL LINDBERG
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
DAVID HERZBERG
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
KAREN D. RUDOLPH
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Abstract

This longitudinal study of 137 female high school seniors investigated therelationship of attachment cognitions, current psychological functioning, and psychologicalfunctioning 12 months later. Attachment cognitions, assessed with the Revised Adult AttachmentScale and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, were significantly associated with currentsymptomatology. The Revised Adult Attachment Scale, in interaction with initialsymptomatology, predicted depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and personalitydisorders 12 months later. The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment parent subscalespredicted eating disorder and personality disorder symptomatology, whereas the peer subscalespredicted substance abuse, eating disorder, and personality disorder symptomatology.

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Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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