PREDICTING WELL-BEING AND HEALTH BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENTS: IMPACT OF PARENTING, TEMPERAMENT, AND ATTACHMENT

2022-10-19
GÜNEŞ, SEREN
Adolescence is an era of life that individuals grow up rapidly and experience changes. This rapid growth also leads teenagers to experience flows in their physical and psychological well-being and social relationships with their parents. The current study aimed to investigate the interplay of perceived positive parenting and negative affectivity regarding parental attachment security and the predictive roles of perceived parenting and parental attachment security for well-being and health-promoting behaviors among adolescents, cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The results showed the bidirectional positive associations between perceived positive parenting and attachment security cross-sectionally and longitudinally for mothers and fathers. It was also revealed that negative affectivity did not moderate the association between perceived positive parenting and attachment security. Furthermore, the predictive roles of positive parenting and attachment security were documented for well-being and health-promoting behaviors, with mother and father variables, respectively. The findings, limitations, contributions, and implications of the study were discussed concerning existing literature.

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Citation Formats
S. GÜNEŞ, “PREDICTING WELL-BEING AND HEALTH BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENTS: IMPACT OF PARENTING, TEMPERAMENT, AND ATTACHMENT,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.