The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies in Parent-Child Attachment and Social Adjustment

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the mediation analysis of coping strategies in parent-child attachment and social adjustment. A sample of 209 were collected using purposive sampling technique. The present study used correlational research design. The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), The Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale (SASS) and The Brief COPE Inventory inventories were used to assess parent-child attachment, social adjustment and coping strategies respectively. Descriptive statistics, Spearman Correlation and Mediation analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated coping strategies – emotion focused coping, problem focused coping and avoidant coping did not mediate the parent-child attachment for both father and mother, and social adjustment relationship. The findings also revealed that attachment with mother is positively correlated with attachment with father and problem focused coping. Attachment with father is positively correlated with problem focused coping and negatively correlated with avoidant coping.