Adult attachment as a predictor of family functioning: a study with Mexican mothers National Autonomous University of Mexico Michelle García Torres psic_gato23@hotmail.es Mirna García Méndez 1

Family Interdependent group of people who: (Anderson & Sabatelli, 2007)

Family is a social institution that has remained over the years, with very specific patterns of interaction that are modified depending on its internal needs (stage of life cycle) and external demands (socials, politics and economics). (García-Méndez, Rivera-Aragón, Díaz-Loving, & Reyes-Lagunes, 2015)

Family functioning Family functioning is the set of relationships patterns that occurs between the family members throughout their life cycle, patterns that they play through established roles and with the influence of the social environments in which they develop. (García-Méndez, Rivera-Aragón, Reyes-Lagunes & Díaz-Loving, 2006)

Mexican family (Díaz-Guerrero, 2003, Díaz-Loving, 2005)

Attachment It has been defined as the form or dynamic in which human beings generate a pattern of affective bonds with those significant, throughout their lives. (Márquez-Domínguez, Rivera-Aragón & Reyes-Lagunes, 2009)

Attachment styles (García-Torres & García-Méndez, in press)

METHOD Participants 200 mothers Mage = 38.48 SD = 6.49

Measures Adult non-romantic attachment scale (García-Torres & García-Méndez, in press).   Modified family functioning scale (García-Méndez & Rivera-Aragón, in press).

Results

Discussion

Conclusion psic_gato23@hotmail.es

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