The Relationship Between Adolescent’ Parent-child Attachment And Loneliness

Loneliness is an unpleasant,involuntary emotional experience,and it is also a negative and diffuse mental state.If adolescents experience loneliness for a long time,the level of their life satisfaction and well-being will decrease,which will further lead to maladjustment in life and bring a series of problems.Adolescents’ emotions and emotional traits will fluctuate greatly.Therefore,paying attention to the generation mechanism behind adolescents’ loneliness has important practical significance for preventing adolescents’ psychological problems.The current study explored how parent-child attachment affects loneliness and examined the chain-mediating role of empathy and peer acceptance between parent-child attachment and adolescents’ loneliness.This study surveyed 1148 adolescents from fifth to eighth grades with parent-child attachment questionnaire,basic empathy scale,peer ratings,and loneliness questionnaire.Data were collated and analyzed using software such as SPSS 24.0 and Amos 21.0.The results showed that:(1)The overall level of adolescents’ parent-child attachment was good.There was a significant grade difference in parent-child attachment,Fifth grade students’ parent-child attachment was higher than those of the sixth,seventh,and eighth grades;The only children’s parent-child trust and parent-child communication was significantly better than those of non-only children,while their parent-child alienation was significantly lower than non-only children;In terms of the situation of left-behind children,the score of parent-child attachment of non-left-behind teenagers was significantly higher than that of single-parent and double-parent workers.(2)The overall level of adolescents’ empathy was good.There was a significant difference in empathy between genders,girls had better empathy than boys;Class cadres’ empathy was significantly better than non-class cadres;Fifth-grade students’ empathy was significantly higher than that of the sixth,seventh,and eighth grades;There was also a significant difference in emotional empathy in grades,and the fifth grade students’ empathy was significantly lower than the seventh and eighth grades.(3)The overall peer acceptance level was good.There was a significant grade difference in peer acceptance,fifth-grade students’ peer acceptance was significantly lower than that of the eighth grades,and sixth grades students’ peer acceptance was significantly lower than those of the seventh and eighth grades;Class cadres’ peer acceptance was significantly higher than that of non-class cadres.(4)Teenagers experienced less loneliness.Class cadres’ loneliness was significantly less than non-class cadres;There was also significant differences in grades,fifth-grade students’ loneliness was significantly lower than that of the seventh and eighth grades,sixth and seventh grades students’ loneliness was significantly lower than eighth grades,eighth grades students had the least lonely experience;The score of left-behind’ loneliness was significantly lower than those of single-parent and left-behind.(5)parent-child attachment significantly negatively correlated with loneliness;parentchild attachment was significantly positively related to empathy and peer acceptance;empathy and peer acceptance were significantly negatively related to loneliness;parentchild attachment significantly positively predicted empathy and peer acceptance,and negatively predicted loneliness;while empathy ability significantly positively predicted peer acceptance,and negatively predicted loneliness;peer acceptance significantly negatively predicted loneliness.(6)empathy and peer acceptance played partial mediated role between parent-child attachment and loneliness,and empathy and peer acceptance played a chain intermediary role between parent-child attachment and loneliness.There was a path of “parent-child attachment → empathy → peer acceptance → loneliness”.Conclusion: This study confirmed the establishment of a chain-mediating effect between parent-child attachment and loneliness.The research results still had certain implications for the development of adolescents’ physical and mental health.