RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND ATTACHMENT STYLES IN PARENT-REARED AND INSTITUTION-REARED TURKISH CHILDREN

HORTACSU N., CESUR S., ORAL A.

JOURNAL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.154, sa.3, ss.329-337, 1993 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 154 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.329-337
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The present study, using a sample of Turkish children, aimed to test two attachment-theory predictions: (a) institution-reared children who were separated from their parents at an early age are less likely to have secure attachment schemata than children from two-parent families, and (b) depressive schemata are positively related to insecure attachment schemata and negatively related to secure attachment schemata. Following a systems-theory perspective, we also predicted that the relationship between depression and attachment styles would be stronger for institution-reared children than for children from two-parent families. Hazan and Shaver's (1987) attachment-style items and the Beck Depression Inventory were administered to 20 institution-reared and 20 parent-reared boys by a female interviewer. The results supported the first two predictions of the study.