APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Disorganized and Controlling Attachment Patterns and Empathy in Preadolescence
- Travis Nair
Adelphi University - Nicholette Lewis
Adelphi University - Christina Kiernan
Adelphi University - Laura Brumariu
Adelphi University
Abstract
In a sample of 97 mother-preadolescent dyads, we found that preadolescents' disorganization/disorientation relates to their greater observed cognitive empathy and higher ratings of their mothers' happiness during a simulated phone task. Hostile-punitive and caregiving-role-confused patterns related to lower ratings of maternal sadness and anxiety, respectively.
Family Relationships