Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: The Opposite Role Played by Insecure Attachment and Commitment Strength |
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Authors: | Ugo Pace Carla Zappulla |
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Institution: | 1.Università Kore di Enna (UKE),Enna,Italy;2.Department of Psychology,Università di Palermo,Palermo,Italy |
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Abstract: | In this study we examined the relations between insecure attachment styles, commitment and behavioral problems, focusing on
the unique and common contribution that avoidant and anxious styles and commitment made to internalizing and externalizing
problems. 535 adolescents, 267 boys and 268 girls, aged from 16 to 18 years, completed self-report measures of attachment,
identity and problem behaviors. The data showed that both internalizing and externalizing problems were positively related
to insecure attachment styles and negatively to commitment. Results supported a unique contribution of both insecure styles
to the prediction of internalizing and externalizing problems, whereas commitment negatively predicted only internalizing
behaviors. The data supported a joint effect of avoidant attachment and commitment such that commitment contributed to moderate
the display of internalizing and externalizing problems among avoidant adolescents. |
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