Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Gatekeeping: Avoidant Attachment As a Mediator between Grandmothers’ and Mothers’ Gatekeeping

We hypothesized that grandmothers engagement in gatekeeping behaviors would foster an avoidant attachment in their daughters, who would later engage in higher rates of gatekeeping. Using survey data from 89 mothers, a model in which avoidant attachment mediated the relation between grandmothers’ and mothers’ gate closing behaviors was supported.