Prospective Relations among Low-Income African American Adolescents’ Maternal Attachment Security, Self-Worth, and Risk Behaviors

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• Alternative Title:
  Front Psychol
• Personal Author:
  Lockhart, Ginger ; Phillips, Samantha ; Bolland, Anneliese ; Delgado, Melissa ; Tietjen, Juliet ; Bolland, John
• Description:
  This study examined prospective mediating relations among mother-adolescent attachment security, self-worth, and risk behaviors, including substance use and violence, across ages 13-17 in a sample of 901 low-income African American adolescents. Path analyses revealed that self-worth was a significant mediator between attachment security and risk behaviors, such that earlier attachment security predicted self-worth 1 year later, which in turn, predicted substance use, weapon carrying, and fighting in the 3rd year. Implications for the role of the secure base concept within the context of urban poverty are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Attachment Poverty Psychology Self-worth Substance Use Violence
• Source:
  Front Psychol. 2017; 8.
• Pubmed ID:
  28174548
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5258752
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA017428/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; R49 CE000191/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e256972824d5aabf54dd88fbbc5712f95439d611de4b9a873ceb482615f71ea6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44741/cdc_44741_DS1.pdf
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