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Family functioning and attachment among young adults in western and non-western societies

Alavi, Masoumeh and Abdul Latif, Adibah and Ninggal, Mohd. Tajudin and Mustaffa, Mohamed Sharif and Amini, Mansour (2020) Family functioning and attachment among young adults in western and non-western societies. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 154 (5). pp. 346-366. ISSN 0022-3980

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2020.1754153

Abstract

Family functioning (FF) is associated with patterns of adults’ close relationship attachment, which works differently in western and non-western societies. In this study, the relationship between FF and attachment (A), as well as the difference in relationship between FF and A across western and non-western societies were examined. A total of 600 young adults (294 males, 306 females) were recruited from western and non-western societies through the SurveyCircle and social media and communication applications. The data was analyzed using PLS-SEM and multigroup analysis, and the results showed that in western and non-western societies, family adaptability and cohesion were significantly associated with anxiety, close, and depend attachments. Unexpectedly, higher family adaptability was associated with higher anxiety attachment. The associations among family adaptability and cohesion with anxiety, close, and depend attachments showed that the strengths of the relationships are significantly different in western and non-western societies, except for the association between family cohesion and anxiety. Based on these results, the cultural differences in terms of FF and young adults’ close relationship attachment were presented for future research, family therapy, and the society.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:anxiety attachment, close attachment
Subjects:H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:Education
ID Code:90167
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:31 Mar 2021 06:21
Last Modified:31 Mar 2021 06:21

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