The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study

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Autor(a) principal: Vagos, Paula
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Carvalhais, Lénia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106131
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.592144
Resumo: This short-longitudinal study analyzed the cross-sectional and longitudinal pathways linking adolescent's quality of attachment to parents and peers and their practice of aggressive and prosocial behavior; it also explored the moderation effect of gender on those pathways. A total of 375 secondary school students (203 girls and 172 boys), aged between 15 and 19 years old, completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Peer Experience Questionnaire - Revised twice, within a four-month gap. Using a path analyses approach, results showed that aggression and prosocial behavior were the strongest predictors of themselves overtime. Attachment to mother had a cross-sectional effect on aggression and on prosocial behavior via attachment to peers, and attachment to peers predicted prosocial behavior; overall, the higher the quality of attachment, the lowest the practice of aggression and the highest the practice of prosocial behavior. These effects held stable for boys and girls, though gender-based differences were found in mean levels of attachment to peers and social behaviors. Even if other variables may be in place when understanding adolescents' social behaviors, attachment to mother and peers also seem to play a relevant role in trying to achieve safer and more positive school climates. Suggestions on how to accomplish this are shortly discussed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
title The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
spellingShingle The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
Vagos, Paula
peers
parents
attachment
adolescent
prosocial behavior
aggression
title_short The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
title_full The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
title_fullStr The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
title_sort The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
author Vagos, Paula
author_facet Vagos, Paula
Carvalhais, Lénia
author_role author
author2 Carvalhais, Lénia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vagos, Paula
Carvalhais, Lénia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv peers
parents
attachment
adolescent
prosocial behavior
aggression
topic peers
parents
attachment
adolescent
prosocial behavior
aggression
description This short-longitudinal study analyzed the cross-sectional and longitudinal pathways linking adolescent's quality of attachment to parents and peers and their practice of aggressive and prosocial behavior; it also explored the moderation effect of gender on those pathways. A total of 375 secondary school students (203 girls and 172 boys), aged between 15 and 19 years old, completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Peer Experience Questionnaire - Revised twice, within a four-month gap. Using a path analyses approach, results showed that aggression and prosocial behavior were the strongest predictors of themselves overtime. Attachment to mother had a cross-sectional effect on aggression and on prosocial behavior via attachment to peers, and attachment to peers predicted prosocial behavior; overall, the higher the quality of attachment, the lowest the practice of aggression and the highest the practice of prosocial behavior. These effects held stable for boys and girls, though gender-based differences were found in mean levels of attachment to peers and social behaviors. Even if other variables may be in place when understanding adolescents' social behaviors, attachment to mother and peers also seem to play a relevant role in trying to achieve safer and more positive school climates. Suggestions on how to accomplish this are shortly discussed.
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