ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
The Mediating Role of Romantic Attachment in the Relationship Between Attachment to Parents and Aggression.
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- Underlying Familial Factors for Aggressive Behavior in Romantic Relationships: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Anxiety in Attachment and Sexual Relationships in Adolescence: A Moderated Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Binge eating attitudes in community adolescent sample and relationships with interview-assessed attachment representations in girls: a multi-center study from North Italy.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Romantic Attachment, Internalized Homonegativity, and Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Lesbian Women in Italy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Attachment-Related Anxiety and Religiosity as Predictors of Generalized Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Hope.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2022Article
- Late Adolescents' Attachment to Parents and Peers and Psychological Distress Resulting from COVID-19. A Study on the Mediation Role of Alexithymia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- "Old Wine in a New Bottle". Depression and Romantic Relationships in Italian Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Effect of Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Psychological factors of sibling caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders: an observational study.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundA secure attachment style could promote more intimacy in romantic relationships, while an insecure attachment style could be correlated with less positive romantic relationships in adulthood. Numerous studies have noted that a secure attachment to parents was correlated with lower levels of aggression, whereas insecure attachments were associated with higher levels of aggression. We aimed to investigate the role of the attachment system as a mediator of the expression of aggressiveness during adolescence. Specifically, we considered that the attachment to parents and peers could influence one's attachment to a romantic partner.
methodsWe empirically tested whether there were relationships of parent and peer attachment on aggressiveness mediated by romantic attachment style. Participants of the study included 411 students.
resultsResults indicated that for males an insecure father-child attachment style seems to be associated with higher levels of anxiety and avoidance in romantic attachments and then with aggressiveness. For females, an insecure mother-child attachment style seems to be associated with higher levels of aggressiveness.
conclusionThe attachment to parents and to peers plays a key role in defining romantic attachment according to gender, and these dimensions in turn tend to affect the levels of aggressiveness.
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