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01-12-2011 | Original Paper

Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: The Opposite Role Played by Insecure Attachment and Commitment Strength

Auteurs: Ugo Pace, Carla Zappulla

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 6/2011

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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Titel: Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: The Opposite Role Played by Insecure Attachment and Commitment Strength
Auteurs: Ugo Pace
Carla Zappulla
Publicatiedatum: 01-12-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 6/2011
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9453-4

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