Adaptive Coping Reduces the Impact of Adolescent Anxious Attachment on Poor Social Outcomes in Adulthood

Parent-child relationship quality largely drives attachment styles, which are essential for psychosocial development. Anxious attachment is linked to poorer quality relationships and less social competence, yet coping skills may weaken this association. Multi-informant longitudinal data (N=184) suggests adaptive coping mediates the link between adolescent attachment style and adult social competence.