The role of attachment and parental behavior in adolescent social anxiety

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi mogućnost predikcije socijalne anksioznosti adolescenata na temelju roda i dobi sudionika, dimenzija privrženosti (nesigurnost kod povezivanja, nelagoda, veze kao sekundarne, povjerenje i preokupiranost vezama) i dimenzija roditeljskog ponašanja (podrška, restriktivna kontrola i popustljivost). Također, provjerena je i rodna razlika u izraženosti socijalne anksioznosti. Istraživanje je provedeno s 414 učenika i učenica srednjoškolskih institucija (70.5% učenica) raspona dobi od 14 do 19 godina (M = 16.35; SD = 1.074). Primijenjeni su Upitnik roditeljskog ponašanja (Keresteš i sur., 2008), hrvatska verzija Skale socijalne anksioznosti za adolescente (La Greca i Lopez, 1998) i hrvatska verzija Upitnika stila privrženosti (Feeney i sur., 1994). Rezultati su pokazali kako su adolescentice značajno socijalno anksioznije od adolescenata no značajan utjecaj dobi nije utvrđen. Adolescenti oba roda su majke procjenjivali višima na dimenziji podrške i restriktivne kontrole nego očeve. Dimenzije privrženosti i roditeljskog ponašanja (nesigurnost kod povezivanja, veze kao sekundarne, povjerenje, preokupiranost vezama, majčina podrška, majčina restriktivna kontrola i očeva kontrola) su se pokazale značajnima u objašnjenju varijance socijalne anksioznosti. Najznačajnijim pozitivnim prediktorom pokazala se nesigurnost kod povezivanja, a povjerenje najznačajnijim negativnim prediktorom.The aim of this study was to determine the possibility of predicting adolescent social anxiety based on the gender and age of participants, dimensions of attachment (insecurity in binding, discomfort, relationships as secondary, trust and preoccupation with relationships) and dimensions of parental behavior (support, restrictive control and indulgence). Also, the gender difference in the severity of social anxiety was tested. The research was conducted with 414 male and female students of secondary schools ( 70.5% of female students) aged from 14 to 19 years (M = 16.35; SD = 1.074). The Parental Behavior Questionnaire (Keresteš et al., 2008), the croatian version of Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (La Greca and Lopez, 1998) and the croatian version of Attachment Style Questionnaire (Feeney et al., 1994),were used. The results showed that adolescent girls are significantly more socially anxious than adolescent boys, but significant age effect was not found. Adolescents of both gender rated mothers higher on dimension of support and restricitive control than fathers. Dimensions of attachment and dimensions of parental behavior (insecurity in binding, relationships as secondary, trust, preoccupation with relationships, mother support, mother restrictive control and father restrictive control) are significant predictors of social anxiety. Uncertainty in binding is its strongest positive predictor, while trust is the strongest negative predictor