caa a22 4500 60623134X CHVBK 20210128101219.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-015-0492-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-015-0492-6 A Longitudinal Study of Interpersonal Relationships Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents and Young Adults: Mediational Pathways from Attachment to Romantic Relationship Quality [Elektronische Daten] [Tyrel Starks, Michael Newcomb, Brian Mustanski] The current study examined the potential for mental health to mediate associations between earlier attachment to parents and peers and later relationship adjustment during adolescence and young adulthood in a sample of sexual minority youth. Secondarily, the study examined associations between peer and parental attachment and relationship/dating milestones. Participants included 219 lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth who participated in six waves of data collection over 3.5years. Parental attachment was associated with an older age of dating initiation, while peer attachment was associated with longer relationship length. Both peer and parental attachment were significantly associated with mental health in later adolescence and young adulthood. Mental health mediated the association between peer attachment and main partner relationship quality. While the total indirect effect of parental attachment on main partner relationship quality was statistically significant, specific indirect effects were not. Implications for the application of attachment theory and integration of interpersonal factors into mental health intervention with sexual minority youth are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Gay/lesbian/bisexual nationallicence Parental attachment nationallicence Peer attachment nationallicence Relationship quality nationallicence Sexual development nationallicence Sexual orientation nationallicence Starks Tyrel Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, 142 W 36th St. 9th Floor, 10018, New York, NY, USA aut Newcomb Michael Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA aut Mustanski Brian Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/7(2015-10-01), 1821-1831 0004-0002 44:7<1821 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0492-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0492-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Starks Tyrel Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, 142 W 36th St. 9th Floor, 10018, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Newcomb Michael Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mustanski Brian Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/7(2015-10-01), 1821-1831 0004-0002 44:7<1821 2015 44 10508