Longitudinal links from attachment with mothers and fathers to adolescent substance use: Internalizing and externalizing pathways.

ABSTRACT: The present study examined whether internalizing and externalizing symptoms may mediate the association between adolescent-mother and adolescent-father attachment and substance use. The sample included 167 adolescents (47% girls) who were assessed at five time points with approximately 1 year between each assessment, beginning in middle adolescence (M_age = 14.07) and ending in the transition to young adulthood (M_age = 18.39). The adolescents reported their perceived attachment with both their mother and father during middle adolescence (Times 1 and 2), their internalizing and externalizing symptoms during late adolescence (Times 3 and 4), and their alcohol use during the transition to young adulthood (Time 5). The results showed that less secure adolescent-father atta

SUBMITTER: Clinchard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12517308 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature