Attachment Style and Values in Young Adult Friendships 公开

Larson, Jacqueline (2010)

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Past research indicates that close friendships are crucial for psychosocial health and well-being. To better understand these important young adult relationships, this study examined young adult friendships in the context of attachment theory and value similarity. Fifty friend pairs were surveyed on their values, attachment style, and friendship quality. Results indicated that generally perceived, but not actual, value similarity is important for maintaining low conflict and high depth within friendships. Friendship quality generally did not differ by attachment style, but there were two interactions suggesting that attachment style moderates the relationship between value similarity and friendship quality. This study concluded that perceived value similarity is important for high-quality friendships, and that although friendships typically are not attachment relationships, attachment style may still impact friendship functioning.

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Introduction 1

Friendship as an Attachment 5

Values in Friendship 9

Attachment Style and Friendship Quality 12

Statement of the Problem and Hypotheses 16

Method

Participants 19

Procedure 20

Measures 20

Data Analytic Strategy 23

Results 24

Test of Hypotheses 27

Discussion 29

Significance of Findings 35

Limitations and Suggests for Future Research 38

Conclusion 40

References 41

Tables 46

Figures 51

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