September 18, 2025Pediatric ReportsOpen Access

Parent but Not Peer Attachment Mediates the Relations Between Childhood Poverty and Rural Adolescents’ Internalizing Problem Behaviors

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QSQingfang SongWestern Kentucky University SWSara S. Whipple SDStacey N. DoanClaremont McKenna College

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Longitudinal analysis shows childhood poverty influences attachment, impacting internalizing behaviors in rural adolescents, highlighting parent attachment's mediating role.

Key Points

Parent attachment mediates the relationship between childhood poverty and internalizing problems in adolescents.
At Time 1, participants' family income-to-needs ratio significantly predicted Time 2 internalizing problems.
This longitudinal study involved two assessments over four years with rural adolescents partaking in attachment questionnaires.
Findings suggest that while parent attachment is crucial, peer attachment does not significantly impact internalizing or externalizing symptoms.

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Song et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d43c79713b0b5dfea7bdf5 https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric17050097

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Longitudinal analysis shows childhood poverty influences attachment, impacting internalizing behaviors in rural adolescents, highlighting parent attachment's mediating role.