Attachment and social support theories are normative developmental approaches that postulate positive social behavioral outcomes for individuals who develop strong relationships to parents and peers;

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Parental divorce, parent–child bonds, and adult attachment orientations among college students: A comparison of three racial/ethnic groups. (2000) · doi

  Despite evidence indicating that race/ethnicity and parental divorce may respectively affect perceptions of family and other intimate relationships, the conjoint influences of these sociodemographic variables on self-reports of both early (parent-child) and current (intimate adult) attachment relationships have not been investigated.

  Keywords: intimate relationships despite evidence indicating race ethnicity parental divorce affect perceptions family conjoint influences sociodemographic
• Attachment-Related Predictors of College Students' Problems With Interpersonal Sensitivity and Aggression (2009) · doi

  Although previous studies have demonstrated that measures of parental as well as intimate adult attachment security have been associated in theoretically-expected directions with indices of social competence and interpersonal distress, few investigations have concurrently examined their contributions to specific types of interpersonal problems.

  Keywords: interpersonal previous measures parental well intimate adult attachment security associated theoretically expected directions indices social
• Empathy as a mediator of the relations between parent and peer attachment and prosocial and physically aggressive behaviors in Mexican American college students (2011) · doi

  Attachment and social support theories are normative developmental approaches that postulate positive social behavioral outcomes for individuals who develop strong relationships to parents and peers; however, research on positive aspects of Latinos in the United States is scarce.

  Keywords: social positive attachment support theories normative developmental approaches postulate behavioral outcomes individuals develop strong relationships