Attachment contexts of adolescent friendship and romance

Judi Beinstein Miller; Tova Hoicowitz

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.11.008

Attachment contexts of adolescent friendship and romance

J Adolesc. 2004 Apr;27(2):191-206. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.11.008.

Authors

Judi Beinstein Miller¹, Tova Hoicowitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Severance Lab, Oberlin College, 120 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. judith.miller@oberlin.edu

PMID: 15023518
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.11.008

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare memories of attachments to parents, friends, and romantic partners in relation to the maintenance of high school friendships and romantic relationships. College students recorded the length of their friendships and romantic relationships during high school and rated the quality of each. They also rated their memories of attachments to parents, friends, and partners during that time. Parental attachments were the most reliable predictor of friendship outcomes and romantic attachments the most reliable predictor of romantic outcomes, but attachments to parents, friends, and partners each predicted unique variation in maintenance of romantic relationships.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Friends*
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Love*
Male
Memory*
Parent-Child Relations
Peer Group
United States