Attachment and intelligence in adolescence: Reciprocal relation and mediating mechanisms
Baugniet, Sacha
Attachment and intelligence in adolescence: Reciprocal relation and mediating mechanisms - 2017.
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Mother-child attachment has been studied for a long time. The predictive role of attachment on IQ has been highlighted during preschool and elementary school years. However, several important points related to attachment theory have been less studied. First, few studies have focused on the reverse prediction, from IQ to attachment. Second, a limited number of studies have been conducted among adolescents. Third, previous literature mainly focused on mother-child attachment, while attachment to the father and peers were less studied. The purpose of this study was to address these gaps by exploring reciprocal relations between adolescents’ attachment representations and IQ, as well as potential mediating mechanisms. Data were collected among 2,091 adolescents in a three-wave longitudinal study. Both adolescents’ IQ and attachment representations (towards mother, father, and peer attachment figures) were assessed in waves 1 and 3, while mediating mechanisms were considered in wave 2 using a multimethod and multi-informant procedure. This article will present the literature on attachment-intelligence influence and a description of the methodology used to fill the gaps identified in previous studies.
Attachment and intelligence in adolescence: Reciprocal relation and mediating mechanisms - 2017.
53
Mother-child attachment has been studied for a long time. The predictive role of attachment on IQ has been highlighted during preschool and elementary school years. However, several important points related to attachment theory have been less studied. First, few studies have focused on the reverse prediction, from IQ to attachment. Second, a limited number of studies have been conducted among adolescents. Third, previous literature mainly focused on mother-child attachment, while attachment to the father and peers were less studied. The purpose of this study was to address these gaps by exploring reciprocal relations between adolescents’ attachment representations and IQ, as well as potential mediating mechanisms. Data were collected among 2,091 adolescents in a three-wave longitudinal study. Both adolescents’ IQ and attachment representations (towards mother, father, and peer attachment figures) were assessed in waves 1 and 3, while mediating mechanisms were considered in wave 2 using a multimethod and multi-informant procedure. This article will present the literature on attachment-intelligence influence and a description of the methodology used to fill the gaps identified in previous studies.
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