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Adult attachment as a predictor of family functioning: a study with Mexican mothers

Adult attachment as a predictor of family functioning: a study with Mexican mothers. National Autonomous University of Mexico Michelle García Torres psic_gato23@hotmail.es Mirna García Méndez. Family. Interdependent group of people who:. (Anderson & Sabatelli, 2007).

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Adult attachment as a predictor of family functioning: a study with Mexican mothers

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  1. Adult attachment as a predictor of family functioning: a study with Mexican mothers National Autonomous University of Mexico Michelle García Torres psic_gato23@hotmail.es Mirna García Méndez

  2. Family Interdependent group of people who: (Anderson & Sabatelli, 2007)

  3. Family is a social institution that has remained over the years, with very specific patterns of interaction that are modified depending on its internal needs (stage of life cycle) and external demands (socials, politics and economics). (García-Méndez, Rivera-Aragón, Díaz-Loving, & Reyes-Lagunes, 2015)

  4. Familyfunctioning Family functioning is the set of relationships patterns that occurs between the family members throughout their life cycle, patterns that they play through established roles and with the influence of the social environments in which they develop. (García-Méndez, Rivera-Aragón, Reyes-Lagunes & Díaz-Loving, 2006)

  5. Mexicanfamily (Díaz-Guerrero, 2003, Díaz-Loving, 2005)

  6. Attachment It has been defined as the form or dynamic in which human beings generate a pattern of affective bonds with those significant, throughout their lives. (Márquez-Domínguez, Rivera-Aragón & Reyes-Lagunes, 2009)

  7. Attachmentstyles (García-Torres & García-Méndez, in press)

  8. METHOD Participants 200 mothers Mage = 38.48 SD = 6.49

  9. Measures • Adult non-romantic attachment scale (García-Torres & García-Méndez, in press).   • Modified family functioning scale (García-Méndez & Rivera-Aragón, in press).

  10. Results

  11. Discussion

  12. Conclusion psic_gato23@hotmail.es

  13. References • Anderson, S. A. & Sabatelli, R. M. (2007). Family interaction: a multigenerational development perspective. Boston: Pearson Education. • Dewitte, M., & De Houwer, J. (2011). Attachment-style differences in the appraisal of the attachment figure. European Journal of Personality, 25, 173–183. DOI: 10.1002/per.773. • Diaz-Guerrero, R. (1975). Psychology of the Mexican: Culture and personality. Austin: University of Texas Press. • Díaz-Guerrero, R. (2003). Bajo las garras de la cultura: psicología del mexicano 2. México: Trillas. • Diaz-Loving, R. (2005). Emergence and contributions of a Latin American indigenous social psychology. International Journal of Psychology, 40 , 213–227. • Friedman, M., Rholes, S., Simpson, J., Bond, M., Díaz-Loving, R., Chan, C. (2010). Attachment avoidance and the cultural fit hypothesis: A cross-cultural investigation. Personal Relationships, 17, 107-126. • García-Méndez, M., Rivera-Aragón, S., Díaz-Loving, R., & Reyes-Lagunes, I. (2015). Continuidad y cambio en la familia: factores intervinientes. México: Manual Moderno. • García-Méndez, M., Rivera-Aragón, S., Reyes-Lagunes, I., & Díaz-Loving, R. (2006). Construcción de una escala de funcionamiento familiar. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicológica, 2(22), 91-110. • García-Torres, M., & García-Méndez, M. (en prensa). Escala de Apego adulto no romántico.

  14. García-Méndez, M., & Rivera-Aragón, S. (en prensa). Escala de funcionamiento familiar modificada. • Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2017). Estadísticas a propósito de… día nacional de la familia mexicana (2 de marzo). • Márquez-Domínguez, J. F., Rivera-Aragón, S., & Reyes-Lagunes, I. (2009). Desarrollo de una escala de estilos de apego adulto para población mexicana. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación - e Avaliação Psicológica, 2(28), 9-30. • Pedro, M. F., Ribeiro, T., & Shelton, K. H. (2015). Romantic attachment and family functioning: The mediating role of marital satisfaction. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 24(11), 3482-3495. doi: 10.1007/s10826-015-0150-6. • Olson, D., McCubbin, H., Barnes, H., Muxen, M., Larsen, A., & Wilson, M. (1989). Families, what makes them work. Sage: California. • Sheftall, A. H., Mathias, C. W., Furr, R. M., & Dougherty, D. M. (2013).Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts. Attachment & Human Development, 15(4), 368-383. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2013.782649.

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