Relationships between adult attachment representations and Family Ritual Quality: A prospective, longitudinal study

From: Family Process | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Meaningful family rituals have been associated with positive outcomes for families and children. No studies, however, have investigated predictors of family ritual quality, the identification of which would be important for understanding why some families create and enact meaningful family rituals while others lack rituals or have problematic rituals. We propose that adult attachment security may be an important predictor of family ritual quality because family rituals may provide a sense of stability and cohesiveness for the family. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships ...

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