Attachment Representations and Time Perspective in Adolescence

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between attachment to parents and peers,\ud time perspective and psychological adjustment in adolescence. 2,665 adolescents (M\ud age = 17.03 years, SD = 1.48) completed self-report measures about parent and peer\ud attachment, time perspective, sympathy and self-determination. Subjects were divided into\ud four groups based on their parent and peer attachment scores: high parent and high peer\ud attachment, low peer and low parent, high parent and low peer, low parent and high peer.\ud Higher levels of negative past of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory were revealed,\ud by post hoc analyses, in the group with low attachment to parent and peer. Unlike adolescents\ud with low attachment to parents, adolescents who reported a secure attachment to\ud parents had higher scores on positive past, hedonistic present, and future. Adolescents with\ud high attachment to parent and peer and adolescents with high parent but low peer\ud attachment had the highest scores on competence and authonomy

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The Interactive Role of Emotional Intelligence, Attachment Style, and Resilience in the Prediction of Time Perception in Doctoral Students

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“…This is because time perspectives are used to store, encode, and recall experiences; imagine outcomes; set goals; shape expectations; make decisions; feel; and be. In this way, individuals' lives are shaped are by their perception of time, but Zimbardo and Boyd did not provide scientific evidence on what factors shape time perception.However, variables such as emotional intelligence, psychological resilience, and attachment style have all been related to time perspective (Fortunato & Furey, 2010;Laghi, D'Alessio, Pallini, & Baiocco, 2009;Monahan, Steinberg, Cauffman, & Mulvey, 2010). Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and regulate emotions and to use emotional awareness of self and others to problem solve and engage in relationships (Côté, DeCelles, McCarthy, Van Kleef, & Hideg, 2011).…”

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