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1. APA citation.
Allen, J. P., Grande, L., Tan, J., & Loeb, E. (2018). Parent and peer predictors of change in
attachment security from adolescence to adulthood. Child Development, 89(4), 1120-1132.
2. The purpose of the study
The experiments were designed to investigate parents and peer relationships qualities as they are
used to foretell the relative change in attachment security of an individual as he grows up to
adulthood. According to the research, early maternal aid escalates in attachment security as one
transforms from adolescence to adulthood, on the contrary, psychological controls like hostility
and conflict predict a subsided attachment security.
3. Research question.
What is the parent and peer relationship behaviour that results in a relative change in attachment
security of individuals?
4. Sources used in the introduction
The research used five sources.
a. Main, M., Kaplan, N., & Cassidy, J. (1985). Security in infancy, childhood, and
adulthood: A move to the level of representation. Monographs of the society for research
in child development, 66-104.
The research used one sentence from this source.
b. Roisman, G. I., Madsen, S. D., Hennighausen, K. H., Alan oufe Sr, L., & Andrew
Collins, W. (2001). The coherence of dyadic behaviour across parent-child and romantic
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relationships is mediated by the internalized representation of experience. Attachment &
Human Development, 3(2), 156-172.
The research used one sentence from this source.
c. Shlafer, R. J., Raby, K. L., Lawler, J. M., Hesemeyer, P. S., & Roisman, G. I. (2015).
Longitudinal associations between adult attachment states of mind and parenting
quality. Attachment & human development, 17(1), 83-95.
The research used one sentence from this source.
d. Van Ijzendoorn, M. H. (1995). Adult attachment representations, parental responsiveness,
and infant attachment: a meta-analysis on the predictive validity of the Adult Attachment
Interview. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 387.
The research used one sentence from this source.
e. Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (1996). Attachment
representations in mothers, fathers, adolescents, and clinical groups: A meta-analytic
search for normative data. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 64(1), 8.
The research used one sentence from this source.
5. Thematic sections.
The first section address attachment behavioural system effect on functional relevance. The other
section address how secure adult attachment modes linked with the security of one's young ones
and adults mental health and general social functioning. The last section address how the
transition to adulthood is prone to changes in the levels of attachment securities.
6. Theories
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The attachment behavioural system has escalated in having a function that is relevant and how
the comprehension of the system development is known. secure adults attachment organization
relates to the security of one infant and also the adult mental health, romantic interrelation, and
general social functioning. In the last part of the theory address, one anticipates both stabilities
and changes in attachments security levels.
9. The operationalizing of the research question.
The dependent variable (DV) in the research is the change in attachment security of the
individual; the ability of the person to make rational decisions and act per relevant attachment
security. The independent variables (IV) for the research are the conditions that one is engaged in
that shape the relevant attachment security behaviour. For example, psychological control and
interparental hostile conflict.
10. Research design
Research method incorporated investigation done on adolescent social development in
both peer context and familial. The research used 141 individuals who were interviewed. The
study was also done on an ethnically different individual to account for diversity. Adult
Attachment Interview (AAI) was used in interviews with the participants which was done to a
different set of ages of the participants. The AAI interview included interview done on the
individual aged between 14 to 24 years, maternal supportive Behavoir aged between 13 and 16
years, parental psychological control on people aged between 14 to 17 years, interparental hostile
conflict on people aged 13, popularity on people aged 14 years, close peer supportive behaviour
aged 14 to 17, close peer collaborative behaviour and hostile behaviour on individual aged 14 to
17 years, romantic partner supportive behaviour on people aged 22, and romantic partner
autonomy supports on people aged above 20
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11. Results
a. preliminary analyses results.
The results indicated that potentials moderating impacts of gender income are seen whether the
results were different for female versus male. No moderating was found.
b. primary analysis.
The research surveyed if peer correlation qualities subsidize increase variance over and above
parents relationship qualities, baseline attachments, and demographics factor in explaining adult
attachment securities. Outcomes indicated that the blocks of peer variable were significant
variances explained in adults attachment. The results were significant for they support the
hypothesis.
12. Outline the discussion.
The research sees varieties of adolescent eras of relationship factor connected to attachment
dealing timeline of 10 years from adolescent to adulting. Attachments organization across the
periods exhibited a greater level of stability as compared to that observed in infancy to
adolescence. This observation implying that adolescent early adults are one in which attachments
organizations may become consolidated and less altered? The observation suggested that the
individual attachment organization remains open to environmental influences. The sources used
were Hamilton (2000), Sroufe (2005), whale & Egeland (2004) that suggested that adolescence
is adolescence to early adulthood is a period that attachment organization becomes less altered.
Another source is de wolf & van Ilzendoorn (1997) that indicated that the importance of
maternal support continues well into the adolescent stage and romantic factors during the period.
Another source was by Hesse (2008) that suggested that adult attachment organization is linked
to infant security and known as autonomous valuing of attachment. Another source was by Allen
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which showed the consistent with previous findings. Another source was by Davies &
Cummings 1998 and Davies (2002) which addresses the interparental hostile conflict that
significantly affects the attachment organization of people. Another source was by Bowlby,
1969/1982; Kobak & Duemmler, 1994) that address the decisions of adolescents making secure
goal-oriented relationship. Another source was presented by Pallini which states that attachment
security makes successful management of peer relationship. Another source was by Cassidy,
(2000) and Zeifman & Hazan, (2008), which insinuates the power to manage disputes that may
arise to subside the extent of anger and state of being hostile undermine the systems that maybe
be central adult security.
13. Study limitations.
The limitation that emerged from the study included a lagged longitudinal data that was
insufficient to establish the presence of a relationship between the predictors and the outcomes.
Another limitation was mediated path in the path analysis model which was unspecified in
timing hence was, more exploratory. Another limitation that emerged was the comparison of the
state and stability of the reach attachment secured in other times of the period of investigation.
Researchers have to be keen on measurement and span between measurement to make
comparisons of stability extent in distinct ages the determiners of attachment security. The
limitation is significany6 for it contains the research from achieving its objectives.
14. Future research
During the research, some limitation was experienced. The measurement approach limitations
like the qualities of family interaction in a period of the survey. Also since people aged 21 do not
live with their parents it was hard to show their interaction with the parents. The study also
addressed security versus insecurity as most research linked to social functioning. This led to
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many unresolved, dismissing, and preoccupied classification. Future research will attempt to fill
the unsolved classification as mention above.
15. The Eigenfactor of the journal
The Eigenfactor published in the journal is high. This has a significant effect on the credibility of
the article. The high ratings escalate the number of references to the same article thus bearing
credible information.
16. Allen, J. P., Grande, L., Tan, J., & Loeb, E. (2018). Parent and peer predictors of change in
attachment security from adolescence to adulthood. Child Development, 89(4), 1120-1132.
Has been cited 23 times.
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Roisman, G. I., Madsen, S. D., Hennighausen, K. H., Alan oufe Sr, L., & Andrew Collins, W.
(2001). The coherence of dyadic behaviour across parent-child and romantic relationships
is mediated by the internalized representation of experience. Attachment & Human
Development, 3(2), 156-172.
Shlafer, R. J., Raby, K. L., Lawler, J. M., Hesemeyer, P. S., & Roisman, G. I. (2015).
Longitudinal associations between adult attachment states of mind and parenting quality.
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Interview. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 387.
Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (1996). Attachment representations in
mothers, fathers, adolescents, and clinical groups: A meta-analytic search for normative
data. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 64(1), 8.
