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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED241853 AUTHOR: Armsden, Gay G.; Greenberg, Mark T.
TITLE: The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment:
Individual Differences and Their Relationship to
Psychological Well-Being in Adolescence.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 38 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Western Psychological Association (63rd, San Francisco, CA,
April 6-10, 1983).
ABSTRACT: The development and validation of the Inventory
of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), a self-report
instrument for use with adolescents, is described. Item
content of the instrument was suggested by Bowlby's
theoretical formulations concerning the nature of feelings
toward attachment figures. A hierarchical regression model
was employed to investigate the association between quality
of attachment and self-esteem, life-satisfaction and
affective status. Respondents were 88 adolescents ranging
in age from 17 to 20 years. As hypothesized, perceived
quality of parent and peer attachments was significantly
related to psychological well-being. Degree of negative
life-change was independently related to well-being. An
exploratory classification scheme was devised in order to
categorize respondents according to the differential nature
of their attachments. One secure and two anxious attachment
groups were defined and compared on a number of variables
theoretically expected to distinguish them. Adolescents
classified as securely attached were superior in
adjustment. The results also indicated that those
adolescents characterized by anxious parent and peer
attachment were more vulnerable to the deleterious impact
of negative life change on well-being. The study suggests
the value of examining individual differences in quality of
attachment during adolescence, as well as the importance of
life-span approaches to the study of attachment. (Author)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adjustment-to-Environment; Affective
Behavior; College-Students; Higher-Education; Individual
Differences; Life-Satisfaction; Self-Esteem
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adolescents-; *Attachment-Behavior;
*Parent-Child-Relationship; *Peer-Relationship; *Well-Being
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