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- Title
The relevance of security: A latent domain of attachment relationships.
- Authors
Mannarini, Stefania; Boffo, Marilisa
- Abstract
In the present study an adult attachment dimension, latent to the constructs of security, anxiety, and avoidance, was hypothesized, wherein security was expected to occupy the most relevant position. Furthermore, the reciprocal functioning of attachment constructs and their interactions with self-esteem were explored. Four hundreds and thirty-four Italian university students responded to two adult attachment questionnaires (Attachment Style Questionnaire and Adult Attachment Questionnaire) and to the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale. A Many-Facet Rasch Measurement modeling approach was adopted. The main results can be summarized as follows: (a) security, anxiety, and avoidance are nested under one latent attachment dimension; (b) security occupies the most prominent position on the dimension; (c) security is positively associated with a moderate level of attachment anxiety and negatively related to avoidance; and (d) a positive interaction between self-esteem and security, and a negative relation between self-esteem and anxiety, were detected. Theoretical, clinical, and empirical implications of the results are further discussed.
- Subjects
ANXIETY; ATTACHMENT behavior; CHI-squared test; CONCEPTUAL structures; MATHEMATICAL statistics; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-esteem testing; SELF-perception; THEORY; PARAMETERS (Statistics); DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ADULTS
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2014, Vol 55, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/sjop.12091