Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 371-380.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.03.08

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Parent-adolescent Attachment and Peer Attachment Associated with Hope: A Longitudinal Study of First-year College Students

XIANG Guangcan1,2, TENG Zhaojun1,3, GUO Cheng1,3, CHEN Hong1,2, MIAO Hualing1,3   

  1. 1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Cognition and Personality Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    3. Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715
  • Published:2021-05-18

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Abstract: In order to examine the longitudinal relationships between attachment (father, mother and peer attachment) and hope, this study used the Inventory of Parental and Peer Attachment Questionnaire (IPPA) and the Hope Scale (HS) to investigate the relationship between attachment and hope in a longitudinal first-year college students' sample (n=1283). The results showed that:(1) Parental and peer attachment were positively associated with hope across three time; (2) The cross-lagged panel models showed that a reciprocal relationship between parental, peer attachment and hope; (3) Gender difference only appeared in the cross-sectional relationship between peer attachment and hope, which suggested larger correlation between peer attachment and hope for female students than for male students. In conclusion, there were stable cross-sectional correlations between attachments (parental and peer) and hope, and longitudinal reciprocal associations between them.

Key words: first-year college students, parental attachment, peer attachment, hope, reciprocal relationships

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  • B844
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