2. VI.
Limitations of the Study and Future Directions....................................................................................... 127 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................ 129
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APPENDIX II: INSTRUMENTS ............................................................................................................. 169 Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire ................................................................................................... 169 Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale ................................................................................................................ 170 B. APPENDIX III: ASSESSMENT OF THE LINEAR ASSUMPTION ............................................................... 171 C. APPENDIX IV: INTERACTIONS AND MULTIVARIABLE MODEL DEVELOPMENT ................................. 173 1. Analysis of the interactions between Family Type and the Attachment Variables........................................... 173 2. Development of the multivariable model and the contribution of interactions between Family Type and Unavailability. ............................................................................................................................................. 176 3. A comparative model containing Angry Distress, Self-Esteem, and Friend Support ........................................ 178 D. APPENDIX V: RESULTS OF THE AAQ VALIDATION STUDY ............................................................... 180 E. APPENDIX VI: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES ............................................ 182 F. APPENDIX VII: DIAGNOSTIC PROFILE OF THE OUTCOME GROUPS .................................................... 184 1. 2.
TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. ATTACHMENT VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONS WITHIN THE DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS ................................. 100 FIGURE 2. COGNITIVE VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONS WITHIN THE DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS ..................................... 101 FIGURE 3. PERCEIVED SUPPORT DISTRIBUTIONS WITHIN THE DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS ....................................... 102 FIGURE 4. SCATTERPLOTS OF THE BIVARIATE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES ................................................................................................................................................ 104 FIGURE 5. PROBABILITY OF DEPRESSION IN RELATION TO UNAVAILABILITY AND FAMILY TYPE. .................... 111 FIGURE 6. PROBABILITY OF DEPRESSION IN RELATION TO ANGRY DISTRESS AND FAMILY TYPE..................... 112 FIGURE 7. PROBABILITY OF DEPRESSION IN RELATION TO SELF-ESTEEM DISTRESS AND FAMILY TYPE. ........................................................................................................................................................ 113 FIGURE 8. PROBABILITY OF DEPRESSION IN RELATION TO FRIEND SUPPORT AND FAMILY TYPE..................... 114 FIGURE 9. LINEARITY OF THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES ON THE LOGIT SCALE IN SIMPLE LOGISTIC MODELS .................................................................................................................................................... 172
TABLE OF TABLES TABLE 1. STUDIES OF ATTACHMENT DURING ADOLESCENCE ............................................................................. 75 TABLE 2. MODEL OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND ATTACHMENT ........................................... 85 TABLE 3. FAMILY COMPOSITION OF THE OUTCOME GROUPS ............................................................................. 98 TABLE 4. ATTACHMENT FIGURES OF THE OUTCOME GROUPS ............................................................................ 99 TABLE 5. PERCEIVED FRIEND SUPPORT AND OUTCOME DIAGNOSIS ................................................................ 102 TABLE 6. SIMPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION OF EACH PREDICTOR ON DIAGNOSTIC OUTCOME............................ 106 TABLE 7. SIMPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION OF FOUR FAMILY COMPOSITION CATEGORIES ON DIAGNOSTIC OUTCOME ............................................................................................................................ 107 iii