Prior research has established a link between negative early parent–child relationships and
cognitive styles related to risk for depression. In attempting to explain this association�…

Despite the central role accorded to cognitive style in mediating the relationship between
negative parenting and the development of anxiety and depression, few studies have�…

This study examined the association of attachment style with mother and father with
depressive symptoms among early adolescent boys and girls (N= 140), and whether this�…

The present study examined whether adolescent attachment security and attachment-
related representations moderate and mediate, respectively, the link between parent�…

Findings from decades of research suggest that a perceived lack of parental care and
overprotection are positively related to later symptoms of emotional disorders in children and�…

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the theory and evidence for the links of parent–child
attachment with internalizing problems in childhood and adolescence. We address three key�…

Research indicates that insecurely-attached adolescents are at risk for depression, but little
is known about factors that may influence or explain this vulnerability. The present study�…

We investigated behavioural and cognitive representations of attachment style. Specifically,
we sought to test continuity in attachment style and whether participants' perceptions of their�…

Building on the conceptual framework of emotional security theory (Davies and Cummings
in Psychol Bull 116: 387–411, 1994), this study longitudinally examined multiple factors�…

We sought to investigate the relationships between negative family factors such as insecure
attachment and adverse parental rearing, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a�…