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What is attachment security in adolescence?

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Does attachment based parenting work for severe conduct disordered adolescents?

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How does parent-adolescent attachment affect adolescent well-being?

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What is the adolescence attachment dilemma?

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Abstract

Adolescence is characterized by significant neurological, cognitive and sociopsychological development. With the advance of adolescence, the amount of time spent with parents typically drops while time spent with peers increases considerably. Nonetheless, parents continue to play a key role in influencing their adolescent’s development.

THE SCOPE OF ADOLESCENT TRANSITION

The quintessential characteristic of adolescence is change. Although this has long been recognized by social scientists and mental health professionals (eg, psychiatrists, psychologists and other adolescent health specialists), the true depth of the changes that occur during this period have yet to be fully understood.

WHAT IS ATTACHMENT?

The concept of attachment was proposed by Bowlby ( 39 – 41) more than three decades ago to describe the fundamental bond between parent and infant that is essential to survival and development.

ADOLESCENT-PARENT ATTACHMENT

The rapid neurological, cognitive and social changes of adolescence create a social-cognitive dilemma for youth: the integration of new and diverse experiences in relation to the world and oneself.

SUPPORTING ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

It is critical that the myth of adolescent detachment be dispelled. Many parents feel they have little or no influence in their adolescent’s life and they bemoan the fact that their child’s fate rests outside their hands.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Institute of Gender and Health, and the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health through a New Emerging Team grant directed by Dr Marlene M Moretti (#31-711036 6319).

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