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[Attachment patterns and anxiety in adolescents suffering from mixed disorders of conduct and emotions]
Grzegorz Iniewicz1, Karolina Dziekan, Dominika Wiśniewska
1Instytut Psychologii UJ.
Aim:
The paper presents results of research concerning attachment patterns and anxiety in adolescents suffering from mixed disorders of conduct and emotions.
Method:
Both clinical and control group completed the Parental Bonding Instrument and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The first questionnaire measures parental style as perceived by the child, it consists of two scales: care and control. The second one the temporary condition of "state anxiety" and the more general and long-standing quality of "trait anxiety".
Results:
The study revealed that adolescents from the clinical group perceive their parents as less protective than the control. Adolescents from the clinical group revealed also a higher level of anxiety, both as a state and as a trait.
Conclusions:
The basic conclusion is that there are differences between groups in family functioning--adolescents from the clinical group received less protection from parents, which may influence their behaviours aimed at providing them more safety.
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