Attachment was examined as a predictor of teens’ empathic support for friends in a multimethod longitudinal study of 184 U.S. adolescents (58% Caucasian, 29% African American, 13% other) followed from ages 14 to 18. Adolescents’ secure state of mind regarding attachment at 14 predicted teens’ greater capacity to provide empathic support during observed interactions with friends across ages 16–18 (B_average = .39). Teens’ empathic support was generally stable during this period, and less secure teens were slower to develop these skills. Further, teens’ attachment security predicted the degree to which friends called for their support (B_average = .29), which was associated with teens’ responsiveness to such calls. The findings suggest that secure attachment predicts teens’ ability to provide empathic support in close friendships.

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在这里为您服务：青春期对朋友的依恋和移情支持的增长

在一项针对 184 名美国青少年（58% 是白种人，29% 非裔美国人，13% 其他人）从 14 岁到 18 岁的多方法纵向研究中，依恋被检查为青少年对朋友的同情支持的预测因素。 14 岁时的依恋预测青少年在观察到的与 16-18 岁的朋友互动期间提供移情支持的能力更强（B_平均值 = .39）。在此期间，青少年的移情支持总体上是稳定的，缺乏安全感的青少年发展这些技能的速度较慢。此外，青少年的依恋安全性预测了朋友寻求他们支持的程度（B_平均 = .29），这与青少年对此类电话的反应有关。研究结果表明，安全依恋可以预测青少年在亲密友谊中提供同理心支持的能力。