Abstract

VEGA, Verónica C.; ROITMAN, Denise  and  BARRIONUEVO, José A.. Influences of mother attachment into peer relationship during adolescence: Difference between a clinical and non-clinical female sample. Anu. investig. [online]. 2011, vol.18, pp.381-388. ISSN 1851-1686.

The present study examines attachment types to mother and peer in eighty-three women of 12 -18 years old (Media:14,63 years, SD 1,20) with Eating Disorders (n=30) and without them (n=53). In order to research repeated tendencies in types of attachment to mother and peer, in 2009, the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA, Armsden & Greenberg 1987) was self-reported during the clinical phase of a two phases study (UBACyT 2008-2010). Results: Clinical and control groups present significantly differences in mother scale (p < .001), but marginal ones in peer scale. At the same time, inluences of mother attachment into peers´ were found. Conclusions: Results conirm the ethio-pathogenic relationship between mother-daughter in eating disorders but even there are tendencies repeated in both attachment mother-daughter, statistical indings are not enough to assure that insecure attachment with mother replicates with peer. Same study in a bigger sample should be done to conirm so.

Keywords : Attachment; Mother; Peer relationship; Adolescence; Eating Disorders.

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