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Attachment Representations and Time Perspective in Adolescence

Authors: Fiorenzo Laghi, Maria D’Alessio, Susanna Pallini, Roberto Baiocco

Published in: Social Indicators Research | Issue 2/2009

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This study examines the relationship between attachment to parents and peers, time perspective and psychological adjustment in adolescence. 2,665 adolescents (M age = 17.03 years, SD = 1.48) completed self-report measures about parent and peer attachment, time perspective, sympathy and self-determination. Subjects were divided into four groups based on their parent and peer attachment scores: high parent and high peer attachment, low peer and low parent, high parent and low peer, low parent and high peer. Higher levels of negative past of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory were revealed, by post hoc analyses, in the group with low attachment to parent and peer. Unlike adolescents with low attachment to parents, adolescents who reported a secure attachment to parents had higher scores on positive past, hedonistic present, and future. Adolescents with high attachment to parent and peer and adolescents with high parent but low peer attachment had the highest scores on competence and authonomy.

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Title: Attachment Representations and Time Perspective in Adolescence
Authors: Fiorenzo Laghi
Maria D’Alessio
Susanna Pallini
Roberto Baiocco
Publication date: 01-01-2009
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Social Indicators Research / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9249-0

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