Quality Of Attachment Research Articles

The Association between Prematurity, Antibiotic Consumption, and Mother-Infant Attachment in the First Year of Life.

Antibiotics have individual and public-health drawbacks. Nevertheless, mother-infant attachment quality and maternal sensitivity are associated with antibiotic use. Ambivalent-attached infants are more likely to consume antibiotics than other infants. Conceivably, the emotional over-externalization of ambivalent-attached infants and maternal anxiety when infants are ill raise concerns in healthcare professionals, leading to antibiotic over-prescriptions. However, because infants prematurely born, particularly those with less than 32 weeks of gestation, are under more accurate health vigilance, the impact of infant and maternal behavior on antibiotic prescription may vanish in this sample. To test this hypothesis, we performed a longitudinal study to compare antibiotic use and the quality of mother-infant attachment in three groups: 86 infants born at full-term, 44 moderate-to-late preterm infants (32-36 gestation weeks), and 58 very-to-extreme preterm infants (<32 gestation weeks). Infants' attachment was observed with the Ainsworth Strange Situation's experimental paradigm at 12 months of corrected age. Findings indicate that infant attachment strategy is associated with antibiotics uptake, but results vary across samples. The proportion of infants that used antibiotics is highest among ambivalent-attached infants in the full-term sample but highest among avoidant-attached infants in the very-to-extreme premature sample. Moreover, higher infant gestational age and lower maternal sensitivity determine higher antibiotic use.

Investigating the relationships between quality of life, attachment and participation in small towns (case study: Sangar Town)

ABSTRACT One of the problems that urban communities face is migrating from small towns to big cities. Low quality of life and lack of attachment are some of the reasons that cause such a problem. Therefore, in small towns, the need to pay attention to the quality of life and the sense of attachment increases. Given that the relationship between quality of life, attachment to the city and participation has not been sufficiently studied, the present paper tries to understand the relationships between these components in the Sangar Town and find the impact of individual characteristics (gender, age and education), the length of residence and the level of income on each of the components. The Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlation test were used to examine the effect of demographic characteristics (age, education level, income, level, gender and length of residence) on each of the components. Using exploratory factor analysis, 9 factors were extracted from the quality of life items, and to analyze the relationships between quality of life, attachment to City and participation structural equation modeling was used. Multivariate linear regression was also used to examine the variables affecting participation. Findings indicate that quality of life (consisting of 9 factors) affects attachment to the city and attachment to the city affect participation. Urban policymakers can use the results of the present study to evaluate the effects of their executive strategies on urban livability and the satisfaction of residents.

Patterns of Mother, Father, and Peer Attachment Quality as Moderators of Child Maltreatment Risk for Depression and PTSD Symptoms in Adolescent Females.

Child maltreatment (CM) is a robust risk factor for adolescent depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Quality attachment relationships have been posited as a protective factor but findings are equivocal and studies have not adequately considered the complex network of interpersonal relationships that adolescents rely on. The current study applied a person-centered approach to (a) identify subgroups of adolescent females characterized by distinct patterns of attachment quality with peers, fathers, and mothers and (b) determine if the effect of maltreatment on depressive and PTSD symptoms varied as a function of distinct patterns of attachment quality. Data came from a prospective, longitudinal cohort study of 464 racially diverse and adolescent females designed to examine the developmental sequelae of substantiated CM (260 maltreated and 204 demographically matched, nonmaltreated comparisons). Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four profiles of attachment characterized by: (a) above-average attachment quality across all three relationships (N = 207, 44.6%); (b) below-average quality with father and friends and above-average quality with mothers (N = 128, 27.6%); (c) below-average quality across all three relationships (N = 106, 22.9%); and (d) very low-(-1 SD) quality with mothers and above-average quality with fathers and friends (N = 23, 5.0%). Moderation models revealed that cumulative maltreatment exposure resulted in greater adolescent depressive symptoms only for those with a profile of attachment consisting of very low-quality maternal attachment and high-quality father and friend attachments. Profiles did not significantly moderate the effect of maltreatment on PTSD symptoms. Results identify subgroups of maltreatment survivors most vulnerable to the development of depression in adolescence. Such groups should be targets for the provision of finite clinical resources with clinical interventions that seek to promote healthy maternal attachment relationships to mitigate the impact of maltreatment on depression.

ChildhoodTraumatic Experience, Attachment Quality, and Parenting Styleas Predicting Factors of Psychopathic Behaviour

The objective of this study was to investigate how childhoodtraumatic experiences, attachment qualities with parents and peers and perceived parenting style contribute to psychopathic behaviours among inmates. A sizeof 270 institutionalised participantsresponded to a questionnaire comprising items from the Levenson’s Self Report Psychopathy (LSRP, α = .83), Early Trauma Inventory Self-Report Short Form (Cronbach’s α = .89), Parenting Style Inventory-II (Cronbach’s α = .75),and Inventory of Parent and Peers Attachments (Cronbach’s α = .83).The results showed that early childhood experiences of sexual abuse showed significant prediction of psychopathy[β =.24, t = 2.63, p &lt;.05].Alienation in attachment quality significantlypredicted psychopathy[β = -.19, t = 3.01, p &lt; .01]. Similarly, parenting style autonomy-grantingsignificantly predicted psychopathy [β = .25, t = 3.64, p &lt; .01]. The study concludes that the experience of childhood trauma, the quality of attachment and parenting style could have implication for psychopathic behaviour pattern

Neighbourhood satisfaction, quality of life and place attachment: a study on urban locations in India

Neighbourhood satisfaction, quality of life and place attachment: a study on urban locations in India

Neighbourhood satisfaction, quality of life and place attachment: a study on urban locations in India

The present study examines the antecedents of neighbourhood satisfaction, quality of life, and place attachment of residents living in the urban locations of Gurugram, India. Survey data from 321 residents (293 considered usable) of 17 private residential estates was collected and analysed by performing PLS-SEM. Results revealed that liveable amenities followed by environmental features and social aspects of neighbourhood environment positively and significantly impact to neighbourhood satisfaction of residents. Results also indicate that residents' quality of life is significantly influenced by their neighbourhood satisfaction, environmental features, liveable amenities, and social aspects of neighbourhood environment. Finally and most notably, residents' place attachment to urban locations is significantly affected by their quality of life and neighbourhood satisfaction. This study will contribute to future researchers for measuring the impact of liveable amenities, environmental features, and social aspects on residents' neighbourhood satisfaction and their quality of life or subjective wellbeing and place attachment perception.

ВЗАЄМОЗВ'ЯЗОК МІЖ ТИПОМ ПРИВ'ЯЗАНОСТІ ТА СИЛЬНИМИ РИСАМИ ХАРАКТЕРУ МОЛОДИХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЖІНОК

Background. The purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between the type of attachment and strong personality traits of young women. Strong personality traits are able to describe a person's internal characteristics, and also help predict his successful behavior (M. Seligman). The study also used the classification of types of attachment by J. Bowlby and M. Ainsworth: 1) reliable or safe; 2) avoidant; 3) anxious-ambivalent; 4) disorganized (timid). Methods. 122 women aged from 17 to 23 years, took part in the empirical study. The methods were used the "Test for determining the quality of attachment" (MAQ), a screening modification of the Seligman and Peterson test "Definition of strengths (values) and virtues" (adapted by G. Lapteva, O. I. Vlasova), correlation analysis (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient). Results. The relationship between the strong personality traits of young women and their types of attachment is statistically substantiated. A direct correlation was found between the safe type of attachment and kindness, as well as inverse correlations between the anxious-ambivalent type and the ability to make judgments, optimism and persistence; avoidant type and inquisitiveness, inability to communicate; disorganized type and lack of optimism. Сonclusion. Thus, respondents with a reliable type of attachment have statistically expressed strong traits, on the other hand, according to another study by the authors, they are also not inclined to use psychological defenses in difficult life situations. Young women with unreliable attachment styles don't pronounced strong traits. Instead, such persons are characterized by various psychological defenses as tools for organizing their mental activity in stressful and traumatic life situations.

Developing an intervention program based on attachment to God and investigating its effectiveness on ineffective spiritual schemas and spiritual well-being

Background and Aim: Inefficient spiritual patterns of our adaptation to God's laws cause problems in the society in living environments, the present study aims to formulate an intervention program based on attachment to God and examine its effectiveness on ineffective spiritual patterns and spiritual well-being. Methods: From a methodological point of view, the current research was a quasi-experimental research design with a pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this research was made up of all employees of Continental Plateau Oil Company in 2019. The sample of this study was 60 people who were randomly selected in two experimental and control groups (20 people in each subgroup) based on the criteria of entering and exiting the study. The research tool was the questionnaire of ineffective spiritual schemas, attachment to God and spiritual well-being, which was completed by all participants in the pre-test and post-test phases. God attachment sessions were held for experimental group participants in nine 120-minute sessions, while control group participants did not receive any intervention. Research data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance and using SPSS-22 software. Results: The results showed that the intervention based on the quality of attachment to God has an effect on all the components of ineffective spiritual schemas and spiritual well-being (P&lt;0.01). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, the intervention based on the quality of attachment to God led to the improvement of all the components of ineffective spiritual schemas and spiritual well-being

A Systematic Review of Music Interventions to Support Parent-Child Attachment.

Secure attachment in early childhood is important for wellbeing throughout life. Music interventions show promise for supporting early parent-child relationships; however, their effects on attachment security are unclear as few music intervention evaluations have measured attachment outcomes. This systematic literature review aimed to synthesize published empirical literature examining the effects of music interventions on relationship quality between typically developing children aged birth to 5 years old and their parents. The study aimed to: (1) establish whether music interventions were associated with changes in attachment-related outcomes; (2) identify music intervention characteristics likely to support secure attachment; and (3) elucidate processes through which music techniques may have contributed to attachment-related changes. Included interventions focused on the parent-child dyad, involved a substantial music component delivered by a music therapist or an allied health professional, and assessed and/or described relationship outcome/s. A total of 23 studies describing 15 unique interventions met criteria for inclusion and represented approximately 808-815 parent-child dyads. Mothers were the most common caregivers. All interventions demonstrated some effectiveness, including in attachment-related outcomes such as bonding, emotional co-regulation, and parental sensitivity. All interventions involved singing, suggesting it may be especially suitable for supporting parent-child attachment; other music techniques used included instrument playing and movement to music. Findings suggested that music interventions may facilitate attachment-related changes through intervening in psychological processes, including parental sensitivity, reflective functioning, and emotional co-regulation. Future research should develop music interventions aiming specifically to support attachment quality, and music intervention evaluations should use validated attachment assessments and longitudinal study designs.

The Role of Childhood Trauma on Prenatal Attachment: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Although the quality of prenatal attachment is a strong predictor of the quality of postnatal mother-infant attachment and mother-child interaction, little is known about the specific impacts of maternal exposure to childhood traumas, and it deserves more attention. This study was conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between childhood traumas and pren1atal attachment levels. Prenatal attachment and childhood trauma were evaluated in 104 pregnant women using the Prenatal Attachment Scale and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Our results showed that all kinds of childhood traumatic experiences were associated with lower prenatal attachment scores. Also, more severe childhood traumas were strongly associated with weaker prenatal attachment. This study contributes to the very limited literature on the prenatal attachment of expectant mothers with childhood traumas by emphasizing the importance of pregnant women's exposure to childhood traumas as a risk factor for low prenatal attachment.

The role of counselors in shaping students' self-happiness in inclusive schools

This study aims to look at the role of counselors in shaping students' self-happiness in inclusive schools at Muhammadiyah Curup junior high school. Self-happiness is an important thing that must exist in inclusive group rooms; therefore, counselors need to understand the characteristics of students to unite normal children and children with special needs with the same curriculum and learning process. In inclusive schools, it is found that bullying of children with special needs still occurs, and the learning process in inclusive groups is relatively slow and constrained, making ordinary students bored and upset. The approach used is qualitative with a grounded theory design. The data will be interpreted in a naturalistic way to overcome the problems in this study. Data interpretation and a naturalistic approach will provide answers related to the counselor's role in developing students' self-happiness in the inclusion group of Muhammadiyah Curup junior high school. The research subjects were counselors, subject teachers, principals, normal children, children with special needs, and parents of children with special needs. Data collection was done voluntarily by building good interactions without coercion and carefully selecting informants. Data were analyzed using three levels of analysis: open coding (forming categories of information about the event or phenomenon under study), axial coding (solving for core themes during qualitative data analysis), and selective coding (selective coding to find significant categories). The results revealed that the role of counselors is to build collective consciousness with the quality and quantity of empathy, positive relationships, emotional attachment and connection, and meaningfulness of life for oneself and others.

The effect of guided imagery on stress and attachment of mothers of premature infants in neonatal intensive care unit: A quasi-experimental study

Background. Premature birth, in addition to causing health problems in infants, increases stress in the mother and reduces attachment between mother and baby. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of guided visualization on stress and attachment of mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods. This quasi-experimental study was performed on 35 mothers with premature infants admitted to the NICU of Mahdieh Hospital of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mothers were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. For mothers in the intervention group, the intervention was performed from the first to the fifth day of birth through training and sending guided imagery files. On the day of admission and discharge, the parental stress questionnaire and the postpartum attachment questionnaire were completed by the mother. SPSS software (version 20) was used to analyze the data. Results. The mean total score of maternal attachment on the fifth day of the intervention was significantly higher in the intervention group (P&lt;0.001). Also, the mean total score of mothers' attachment status on the day of discharge was significantly higher in the intervention group (P&lt;0.001). Conclusion. Implementation of guided visualization program reduced stress in mothers with premature infants admitted to the NICU, and consequently increased the level of attachment. Practical Implications. Mothers are the primary caregivers of infants, and promoting maternal health has an effect on infants. In addition to reducing stress in preterm infants, this study can help improve the quality of infant care and increase attachment and parenting. The present study offers a completely cost-effective way to reduce the costs of long-term hospitalization and improve the quality of nursing.

Central concepts in mental health promotion programs for children and adolescents: Evidence and examples from Switzerland

Abstract Universal mental health promotion programs draw on a wide range of concepts to promote children's and adolescents’ mental health. This presentation aims to provide an overview of the central concepts from health, developmental and social psychology, psychiatry, and public health/health promotion and to illustrate their application using examples from Swiss mental health promotion programs for children and adolescents. Concepts on internal, biological, psychological and psychosocial factors such as the ten life skills that are recommended by the WHO, self-efficacy, (mental) health literacy, and the resilience literature are looked at as well as concepts on external risk and protective factors such as social support (quality of attachment and relationships, positive family climate and peer relations) and the quality of educational institutions. Evidence on their effectiveness is reported and conceptual similarities and differences as well as the underlying mechanisms of action are explored from a health behavior change perspective using the behavior change wheel. Finally, implications for the design and implementation of mental health promotion programs are discussed

(Invited) Challenges with Electronic Biosensors

The detection of chemical and biological species is critical for applications in healthcare, environmental monitoring, food safety and drug screening. Potentiometric biochemical sensors rely on the specific adsorption of charged analytes that changes the potential of the functionalized sensor surface. The change in surface potential can be measured using a field-effect-transistor (FET) enabling low-cost fabrication, and easy integration with portable readout electronics. The FET concept has previously been applied to numerous (nano-) materials including conventional silicon, nanowires and 2D materials such as graphene. Although many biosensing experiments have been reported, many of the results are not well understood and several key challenges are still limiting their widespread application. In this work, the experimental response from a variety of sensor surfaces and transducers and will be presented.The results show that the choice of the active interface in contact with the electrolyte determines the sensor response and selectivity (the signal) is relatively independent of the transducer. Ideally, protein recognition mechanisms are leveraged to allow only target proteins to attach to the surface, imparting signal selectivity. However, unwanted protein interactions with sensor surfaces cause signal instability and increase false-positive rates. Although commonly used to functionalize the sensing surface, carboxyl-terminated thiol self-assembled monolayers (COOH-SAMs) can have large defect densities, which in turn leads to large non-selective adsorption of proteins to hydrophobic surfaces exposed by these defects. A procedure is developed where the surface of COOH-SAMs is treated before functionalization to improve the reliability and quality of receptor attachment to the sensor surface. Beyond SAM-based sensors, there has been significant interest in biomedical applications of two-dimensional materials such as graphene, including potentiometric sensing. There is conflicting literature on to what extent interaction from the substrate are transmitted through a monolayer, and the subsequent effect on biomolecule interactions are unknown. Therefore, the degree to which the substrate influences graphene-protein interactions is explored. Finally, the choice of the readout transducer (e.g. a graphene transistor) is shown to influence the noise limit, and, hence, the signal-to-noise ratio. Models for diffusion, attachment, and electrical response of these sensors will be described that demonstrates good agreement to experimental data. Despite the current challenges facing label-free, portable biosensors, the work presented here provides a step towards reliable biosensing.

Good enough residential care setting: Child-parent contact and youth adjustment in the context of staff attitudes towards parent involvement

The importance of parent-child contact to the well-being of children in residential care is emphasized in child welfare literature. However, despite the central role of youth care workers in the lives of children in residential care settings (RCSs), there is a lack of research on the role of RCS staff in child-parent contact. This study, based on the reports of 240 youth, aged 14 to 18, in therapeutic RCSs for children at risk in Israel, examined the link between frequency of contact and quality of attachment between mothers and adolescents and adolescents’ emotional-behavioral difficulties, and the moderating role of RCS youth care workers’ attitudes towards mother involvement in that link. The findings show a negative relationship between adolescents’ emotional-behavioral difficulties and their perceived quality of attachment to their mother. Frequency of contact was found to be non-significantly linked with adolescent difficulties. The attitudes of RCS staff towards mother involvement moderated the relationship between quality of mother-child contact and adolescents’ adjustment difficulties, so that among youth who reported a more positive attitude of the staff towards mothers’ involvement, the relationship between the quality of child-mother attachment and fewer adjustment difficulties among adolescents was stronger. The study has implications for designing interventions and training RCS staff to enhance child-parent contact while in care.

Gender, Attachment Patterns, and Mental Representations of Parents and Self as Predictors of Young Adolescents’ Trauma Symptoms

ABSTRACT While gender and attachment quality have been related to trauma symptomatology in young adolescents, another factor possibly related to trauma symptoms is quality of mental representations of close relationships. In this study, 109 eighth grade students ages 12–13 (44% female) were recruited from a private middle school for academically advantaged, ethnically diverse students over the course of four years, with each new group of participants providing data in the fall semester of their eighth grade year. Participants reported trauma symptoms and the affective valence of their mental representations of self and parents; school staff reported on participants’ attachment patterns. Significant negative correlations existed between preoccupied attachment and affective valence of parental and self mental representations as well as significant positive correlations between incoherent/disorganized and preoccupied attachment, respectively, and childhood trauma symptoms. Overall, incoherent/disorganized attachment predicted avoidance and hyperarousal symptoms, while preoccupied attachment predicted reexperiencing symptoms. For girls, incoherent/disorganized attachment and negative affective valence of self mental representations were both predictive of childhood trauma symptoms, while preoccupied attachment predicted reexperiencing symptoms. These results indicate that therapists must take into account the quality of both attachment and mental representations for middle schoolers when treating childhood trauma symptoms.

Kelekatan Orangtua dan Kemampuan Kontrol Diri terhadap Perilaku Agresi Remaja

Adolescence is a stage of development where various behaviors appear, one of which is aggressive behavior. This is an important issue because aggressive behavior can harm the environment and other people, both physically and psychologically. Things that may determine the emergence of aggressive behavior in adolescents are the quality of parental attachment and self-control. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the quality of parental attachment and self-control with aggressive behavior in adolescents. This study uses 3 variables, namely parental attachment and self-control is the independent variable and aggressive behavior is the dependent variable. The population in this study were late teens, the sample used was purposive sampling. This research uses multiple linear regression analysis methods. The results showed that the calculated Fvalue = 50,634 &gt; Ftable = 2.59 (p = 0.000 &lt;0.05), meaning that there was a significant relationship between the quality of parental attachment and self-control with adolescent aggressive behavior. Parental attachment and aggressive behavior gave an effective contribution of 5.91% while the contribution of self-control to aggressive behavior was 20.77% so that self-control had a more dominant influence on adolescent aggressive behavior. Aggressive behavior is influenced by other factors of 73.3% which were not examined by researchers.&#x0D;

Physiological Indicators of Acute and Chronic Stress in Securely and Insecurely Attached Dogs Undergoing a Strange Situation Procedure (SSP): Preliminary Results.

Simple SummaryThe attachment bond that dogs form towards their owners shares similar features with the bond children form towards their caregivers. Insecurely attached children struggle to find support from their caregivers and therefore to regulate their own emotional response in times of distress. We aimed to investigate whether the quality of dog attachment to the owner may affect their physiological response to stress. We selected ten insecure and ten secure dogs from a sample of individuals who underwent a Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) to assess their attachment pattern towards the owner. The SSP is specifically designed to progressively generate stress. We collected saliva samples before and after the test to measure cortisol concentrations, as an indicator of acute stress, as well as a hair sample to assess chronic stress. We also measured blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature after the completion of the test. The results showed that salivary cortisol concentrations were higher in insecure dogs, particularly after the test. Heart rate also tended to be higher in insecure dogs. No difference in hair cortisol levels were found between secure and insecure dogs. Dogs’ physiological response to acute stress may be affected by the quality of the attachment to the owners.The quality of the attachment bond towards the caregiver may affect the dog’s physiological responses to stressful stimuli. This study aimed to measure chronic and acute physiological parameters of stress in ten securely and ten insecurely attached dogs. The twenty experimental subjects were selected from a sample of dogs that participated with their owners in the Strange Situation Procedure. Saliva samples were collected before (T0) and after (T1) the test. Blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and rectal temperature were measured after the test, only. At this time, a hair sample was also collected. RM ANOVA was used to analyse cortisol concentrations between secure and insecure dogs at T0 and T1. Mann–Whitney U test or T test were used for other physiological parameters. Insecure dogs had significant higher salivary cortisol concentrations than secure dogs at T1 (p = 0.024), but only a non-significant trend towards higher cortisol concentrations at T0 (p = 0.099). Post-test heart rate also tended to be higher in insecure compared to secure dogs (p = 0.077). No significant differences in hair cortisol concentration were found. The quality of attachment may affect the dog’s physiological response to acute stress, at least when related to separation from the caregiver. The effect of attachment on chronic stress requires further investigation.

Attachment of young foster children

Family foster care is the option of choice in case of out-of-home placements in Flanders, resulting in rising numbers of family foster care placements. As a number of the foster children experienced traumatic events and all of them were separated from their primary caregivers, concerns can be raised about the quality of attachment between foster children and their foster carers. Additionally, international research regarding associated factors with attachment quality is scarce and inconclusive and to our knowledge, Flemish research into this matter was non-existent. The sample of this research consisted out of 68 young foster children and their foster mothers. The attachment behavior was scored by the foster mothers on the Attachment Insecurity Screening Index. The mean for the total Attachment Insecurity Screening Index was non-clinical, but significantly higher than the mean of the norm group, this points to foster mothers perceiving more insecure attachment behavior in the relationship with their foster children. The rates for insecure attachment were comparable to the regular population. Parenting stress and problem behavior were positively associated with insecure attachment scores and, negatively with self-reported sensitivity of foster mothers. These factors were entered in a multiple linear regression model. This model shows that higher levels of parenting stress and more behavior problems were associated with higher insecure attachment scores. We recommend to pay sufficient attention to the attachment relationship of foster children and their foster carers, parenting stress and behavior problems by monitoring them regularly and providing additional support and interventions when these are indicated.

Parental meta-emotion, attachment to parents, and personal agency in adolescents.

Guided by attachment theory, we explored in the present study the links between parental emotion-coaching, attachment to parents, and adolescent's sense of agency. Further, we examined a possible mediating role of adolescent's attachment to parents in the association between parental emotion-coaching and sense of agency. All models control for cumulative psychosocial risk, and adolescents' sex and age, and take into account the reports of both mothers and fathers. The sample included 501 Portuguese families comprising adolescents, their mothers, and their fathers. Adolescents (ages ranged from 15 to 18) reported on their attachment to parents, personal agency, and cumulative psychosocial risk, whereas mothers and fathers independently completed a questionnaire assessing their meta-emotion skills. The results indicate that both mothers' and fathers' emotional-coaching are positively associated with the quality of adolescent's attachment to parents. Nonetheless, parental emotion-coaching are not directly associate with sense of agency. The quality of emotional bond with father is linked to a more positive sense of agency, while relationships characterized by mother's inhibition of adolescent's exploration are associated with less positive perceptions of agency. Parental emotion-coaching seems to be associated with the sense of personal agency through the quality of attachment to parents. These results are discussed according to attachment theory taking into account the parents' importance to adolescents' development. Our findings provide a first attempt to unravel the possible links between parental emotion-coaching, attachment to parents, and sense of agency; nevertheless, they need to expand. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).