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Insecure Attachment to Parents and PTSD among Adolescents: The Roles of Parent–Child Communication, Perceived Parental Depression, and Intrusive Rumination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2020

Xiao Zhou Open the ORCID record for Xiao Zhou [Opens in a new window] ,
Rui Zhen  and
Xinchun Wu
Xiao Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Rui Zhen
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
Xinchun Wu*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Author for correspondence: Xinchun Wu, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China. Email: xcwu@bnu.edu.cn.
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Abstract

Based on attachment theory and a social-cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this study examined the roles of parent–child communication, perceived parental depression, and intrusive rumination in the association between insecure attachment to parents and PTSD among adolescents following the Jiuzhaigou earthquake. In this study, 620 adolescents were recruited to complete self-report questionnaires. The results showed that the direct association between anxious attachment and PTSD was significant, but that between avoidant attachment and PTSD was non-significant. In addition, both anxious and avoidant attachment had indirect associations with PTSD via the mediating effects of parent–child communication openness and problems, perceived parental depression, and intrusive rumination. However, the specific paths between anxious and avoidant attachment and PTSD were different. The findings indicated that insecure attachment among adolescents following the earthquake was predictive for their PTSD, and the mechanisms underlying the association between anxious attachment and PTSD and the association between avoidant attachment and PTSD were distinct. To alleviate PTSD, more attention should be paid to improving the quality of parent–child communication for adolescents with avoidant attachment to parents, and to reducing negative cognition in adolescents with anxious attachment.

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attachment to parentsintrusive ruminationparent–child communicationperceived parental depressionPTSD
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 1290 - 1299
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