APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Disorganized and Controlling Attachment Patterns and Empathy in Preadolescence

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Developmental

  • 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.

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