Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
The relationship between parental-child attachment consistency and shyness in adolescents with depressive disorders
Originally published 2026-06-12 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1781701 ↗
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What can different relationships with parents tell us about an adolescent who feels shy?
This clinical study examines consistency in parent-child attachment and its association with shyness within a defined patient group.
Who was studied?
Adolescents with depressive disorders in Ningxia, China
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- What can different relationships with parents tell us about an adolescent who feels shy?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (adolescents with depressive disorders in Ningxia, China) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
All participants had a diagnosed depressive disorder and were assessed at one time in Ningxia. The study cannot show whether attachment patterns preceded shyness or generalize to all teenagers.
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Mengyuan Zhang; Furong Gou; Xinrong Ma; Ling Dang; Yuelan Zhang; Liqi Gu; Xin Tian (2026). The relationship between parental-child attachment consistency and shyness in adolescents with depressive disorders Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1781701
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