This study investigated whether insecure adolescent attachment organization (i.e., preoccupied and dismissing) longitudinally predicted self- and peer-reported externalizing behavior in emerging adulthood. Secondarily, maladaptive coping strategies were examined for their potential role in mediating the relationship between insecure attachment and future externalizing behaviors. Target particip...

The acceptance model of intuitive eating (Avalos & Tylka, 2006) posits that body acceptance by others helps women appreciate their body and resist adopting an observer's perspective of their body, which contribute to their eating intuitively/adaptively. We extended this model by integrating body mass index (BMI) into its structure and investigating it with emerging (ages 18-25 years old, n = 31...

In the past decades, transition to adulthood in post-industrial countries has become longer, giving rise emerging adulthood, a new life stage between adolescence and (Arnett Taber 1994, Arnett 2000, 2004). Cinema reflected this change, with growing number of narratives exploring challenges stage. Through comparative analysis Say Anything (Cameron Crowe, 1989) High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000...