concept

paternal attachment

Also known as: fathers' attachment, attachment to father

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Parent–child attachment and adolescent problematic behavior frontiersin.org Frontiers Feb 26, 2025 19 facts

claimPaternal attachment predicts adolescent problematic behaviors more strongly than maternal attachment, a finding consistent with research by Pan et al. (2016).

claimPaternal attachment has a significant direct effect on adolescent problematic behaviors.

referenceWu et al. (2022) established a longitudinal relationship between parental psychological control and problem behaviors in middle childhood children, mediated by paternal and maternal attachment.

claimBoth paternal and maternal attachment significantly negatively predict problematic behavior in Chinese adolescents, with paternal attachment demonstrating a higher predictive rate than maternal attachment.

claimDagan and Sagi-Schwartz (2018) noted that existing research indicates the effects of paternal and maternal attachment on adolescent problematic behaviors vary.

claimNegative legal emotions partially mediate the relationship between paternal attachment and adolescent problematic behaviors.

claimRichaud de Minzi (2010) found that maternal attachment has a more significant impact on feelings of loneliness in children compared to paternal attachment, whereas paternal attachment is more predictive of depressive symptoms than maternal attachment.

referenceRichaud de Minzi, M. C. (2010) published the article 'Gender and cultural patterns of mothers' and fathers' attachment and links with children's self-competence, depression, and loneliness in middle and late childhood' in Early Child Development and Care, volume 180, pages 193–209.

claimLegal emotions mediate the relationship between both paternal and maternal attachment and problematic behavior in Chinese adolescents.

referencePan, Y. G., Zhang, D. J., Liu, Y. L., Ran, G. M., and Teng, Z. J. (2016) published the article 'Different effects of paternal and maternal attachment on psychological health among Chinese secondary school students' in the Journal of Child and Family Studies, volume 25, pages 2998–3008.

claimThe study hypothesizes that there are differences in the impact of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent problematic behavior.

claimThe study hypothesizes that both paternal attachment and maternal attachment in Chinese adolescents can negatively predict problematic behavior.

claimPaternal and maternal attachment significantly negatively predict adolescent problematic behavior, with paternal attachment explaining a larger proportion of the variance in problematic behavior.

claimThe study hypothesizes that positive and negative legal emotions mediate the relationship between parent–child attachment and problematic behavior, specifically that paternal and maternal attachment positively predict positive legal emotions (which negatively predict problematic behavior) and negatively predict negative legal emotions (which positively predict problematic behavior).

claimThe study titled 'Parent–child attachment and adolescent problematic behavior' proposes two hypotheses: (1) parent–child attachment significantly negatively predicts adolescent problematic behavior, and (2) there are differences in the impact of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent problematic behavior.

claimDagan and Sagi-Schwartz (2018) proposed that paternal attachment and maternal attachment exert different influences on children.

claimPaternal attachment significantly negatively predicts negative legal emotions in adolescents.

claimThe study hypothesizes that legal emotions mediate the relationship between parent–child attachment and adolescent problematic behavior. Specifically, it posits that both paternal and maternal attachment positively predict positive legal emotions (which negatively predict problematic behavior) and negatively predict negative legal emotions (which positively predict problematic behavior).

measurementIn a mediation effect model with negative legal emotion as the mediator and paternal attachment as the independent variable, the total effect size was -0.401, the direct effect was -0.346, and the indirect effect was -0.055.

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referenceThe study 'Representation of self and socioemotional competence in kindergartners: Differential and combined effects of attachment to mother and to father' was published in Child Development in 1999, pages 183–201.