@article{ref1,
title="Sex-specific relationships among attachment security, social values, and sensation seeking in early adolescence: Implications for adolescents' externalizing problem behaviour",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2011",
author="Sarracino, Diego and Presaghi, F. and Degni, Silvia and Innamorati, Marco",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="541-554",
abstract="In early adolescence, attachment security reflects not only the quality of ongoing relationships with parents, but also how adolescents process social relationships with &quot;others&quot; - that is, their &quot;social value orientation&quot; - with possible implications for adolescents' risk-taking. In this study, a sample of Italian early adolescents were administered self-report measures in order to examine the relationships (a) between early adolescents' perceived attachment security to mothers and fathers, social values (related to family and the socio-cultural context), and sensation seeking (as a temperamental predisposition to risk-taking), and (b) between these variables and adolescents' externalizing problem behaviour. Adolescents were more securely attached to the same-sexed parent. Further, attachment security with the opposite-sexed parent predicted more conservative social value orientations, and lower levels of problem behaviour. In contrast, sensation seeking predicted self-enhancement and openness-to-change values to a greater extent, and, in girls, lower levels of attachment security to mothers and fathers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.013"
}