Stili di attaccamento e religiosità negli adolescenti
Giuseppe Crea
This study examines the relationship between parent and peer attachment, attachment to God and the affective response toward God, Jesus, Bible, prayer and Church among a group of Italian adolescents. A sample of 992 young people completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA, Armsden & Greenberg, 1987), the Attachment to God Inventory (AGI, Mcdonald & Beck, 2004) and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (FSAC, Francis & Stubbs, 1987, in the recent Italian version). The results show that positive relationships with parents are associated with more loving and trusting God images. Conversely, it appears that negative relations with parents are associated with God being experienced as more demanding and severe. It has also shown a correlation between the attachment to God and the attitude toward Christianity, reasoning that attachment style enhance a sense of affective response toward God, Jesus, Bible, prayer and Church. The data demonstrate that participants who rated themselves securely attached to their parents and peers would positively predict a good relation with God and a positive attitude towards their participation in the things of God, Jesus, Bible, prayer and Church.
Keywords
Attachment, Adolescents, Religious attitude.