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Changes in attachment to parents and peers and relations with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Song, Qingfang, Vicman, Jess M., Doan, Stacey N.·2022·Emerging Adulthood
DOI 10.1177/21676968221097167PMC PMC9260195
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Using a longitudinal design, we examined changes in parent and peer attachment among college students, and their predictive and protective roles in relation to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. College students ( N = 106) rated their parent and peer attachment, and self-reported anxiety, loneliness, and depressive symptoms 1 year before and during the pandemic. Participants also rated the impact of COVID-19 related stressors (CRS). Results demonstrate significant increases in loneliness and depression and a decrease in peer attachment security during the pandemic. Increases in peer attachment security were negatively correlated with loneliness during the pandemic. Parent attachment buffered the relationship between the impact of CRS and mental health problems during the pandemic. Guided by the integrated framework from attachment theory and life course theory, the current study discussed findings and practices regarding the important role of attachment for college students and their adjustment to the pandemic.

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  • Peer attachment remains highly relevant in emerging adulthood because university students continue to rely on close peers as important sources of emotional security, support, and identity-related validation during the transition to adult roles.

    “Although the concept originates in adolescent attachment theory, it remains highly relevant in emerging adulthood because university students continue to rely on close peers as important sources of emotional security, support, and identity-related validation during the transition to adult roles (Song et al., 2022).”

    From Peer Attachment and Prosocial Behavior: The Mediating Role of Positive Legal Emotion and the Moderating Effect of Social Exclusion (2026) · cites this paper as Song et al., 2022

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Authors
Song, Q., Vicman, J. M., & Doan, S. N.
Affiliations
  • Western Kentucky University (US)
  • Department of Psychological Science, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, USA
  • Claremont McKenna College (US)
Corresponding author
Song, Qingfang
ORCID
Venue
Emerging Adulthood
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2022-05-04
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
1048-1060
ISSN
  • 2167-6968 (ISSN-L)
  • 2167-6984
DOI
10.1177/21676968221097167
PMC
PMC9260195
OpenAlex
W4281288264
Cited by
22
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
FWCI
4.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.sagepub.com/licence-information-for-chorus (vor, 365 d)
Locations
  • Emerging Adulthood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation (2027694)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
parental attachment, peer attachment, COVID-19 pandemic, university students, mental health, loneliness, depression, anxiety, protective factors, attachment security, life course perspective, attachment theory

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