Abstract
By reference to a sample of 173 emerging adult seminarians in South Italy, this study evaluates the influence of attachment to one’s parents and peers on identity development and well-being in seminarians. The statistical analysis (PLS-PM) reports that secure attachment to one’s mother and secure attachment to a peer are positively associated with identity and well-being. No such association is found with attachment to one’s father. Attachment to one’s mother loses its association with identity during the shift from the freshmen to the senior group and is replaced by attachment with one’s peers. Both attachment relationships lose their associations with well-being between these groups. Our results demonstrate that attachment to one’s peers becomes the most relevant relationship, thus supporting this specific form of relationship among seminarians.
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All research data and R custom code support the published claims and have been made available in accordance with regulations and disciplinary expectations. The data used for the analysis are available on a GitHub repository at https://github.com/domenicovistocco/seminarians-data_jorh. Data are organized in two files: one related to the indicators used for fitting the model and another related to demographics; the column ID can be used to merge the two tables.
Notes
The term identity used in a Catholic context is considered to be superimposable on the psychological concept in the context of a transdisciplinary approach. However, although this term has been used in many documents (Congregation for the Clergy, 1994), it is not defined theoretically or, even if it is specified, it refers to the psychological term (Kozuch, 2014).
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De Gregorio, A., Vistocco, D. & Dellagiulia, A. Attachment to Peers and Parents in Italian Catholic Seminarians: Associations with Identity and Well-Being. J Relig Health 62, 1114–1135 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01614-5
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