Sex-specific relationships among attachment security, social values, and sensation seeking in early adolescence: Implications for adolescents' externalizing problem behaviour

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-554

  Sarracino, Diego ^a   Presaghi, Fabio ^b   Degni, Silvia ^c   Innamorati, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Early adolescence; Externalizing problem behaviour; Sensation seeking; Social values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT SECURITY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79955717505     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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