Perception of Past Relations and Attachment of Adolescents and Their Mothers

Međugeneracijski prijenos privrženosti podrazumijeva povezanost mentalnih reprezentacija roditelja o prošlim iskustvima privrženosti s ponašanjem roditelja i kvalitetom privrženosti djeteta. U radu je opisano ispitivanje sadašnjih odnosa privrženosti i percepcija prošlih odnosa s majkom na uzorku od 287 učenika trećih razreda gimnazije i 198 majki. Primijenjena je klaster analiza kako bi se ispitanici klasificirali na temelju Upitnika stila privrženosti. Dobivna su četiri klastera koji odgovaraju uobičajenoj podjeli kategorija privrženosti. Odbacivanje od strane majke koje percipiraju adolescenti umjereno je povezano s odbacivanjem, a u niskoj je korelaciji s kontrolom koju su doživljavale njihove majke od svojih majki u prvih 15 godina života te s brigom koju su percipirale njihove majke od svojih majki. Podudarnost kvalitete privrženosti majki i njihove adolescentne djece potvrđuju i relativno niske, ali značajne korelacije između istih dimenzija privrženosti koje mjere sadašnje odnose. Rezultati upućuju na neke generacijske razlike u percepciji odnosa s majkom. Majke percipiraju značajno manje brige, više kontrole i odbacivanja od strane svoje majke nego adolescenti. Adolescenti i majke s bojažljivim stilom privrženosti percipiraju značajno manju majčinu brigu, a značajno veću kontrolu i majčino odbacivanje.Intergenerational transmission of attachment assumes link between mental representations in past relations with parents and quality of child attachment. This study explores perception of past relations with mothers and quality of current attachment in the sample of 287 high school student and 198 mothers. Cluster analysis was used to classify students on the basis of their attachment style. Four clusters corresponded to conventional attachment styles. Rejection from mothers experienced by adolescents is moderately related to rejection, but in low correlation with control their mothers perceived as children from their mothers, and negatively correlated to care experienced by their mothers in their childhood. Low but significant correlations between the same dimensions of current quality of attachment support the hypothesis about intergenerational transmission of attachment. Results also suggest some generational differences in perceived past relation with mother. Mothers perceived significantly less care and higher levels of overprotection and rejection from their mothers than their adolescent children. Both adolescents and their mothers classified as dismissed perceived less care and higher levels of overprotection and rejection than the secure, preoccupied and fearful participants