Research Article

Adolescent Internet Abuse: A Study on the Role of Attachment to Parents and Peers in a Large Community Sample

Table 2

Mean and standard deviations of adolescents’ attachment to mother, father, and peers, on the basis of sex and age group.

First adolescenceMiddle adolescenceLate adolescence
BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls

Father alienation18.66 (6.49)20.31 (6.83)18.73 (6.91)19.83 (6.81)18.37 (6.09)20.47 (6.54)
Father communication32.36 (8.17)30.5 (8.75)31.49 (8.5)31.6 (9.52)32.72 (7.38)31.55 (8.67)
Father trust37.75 (8.28)37.77 (8.58)38.29 (8.19)38.18 (8.44)38.61 (7.39)37.98 (8.25)
Mother alienation17.78 (5.9)20.01 (6.82)18.24 (5.85)19.01 (6.33)18.6 (6.27)19.46 (6.14)
Mother communication33.99 (7.77)34.83 (8.22)33.49 (7.04)35.98 (8.39)33.58 (7.54)35.63 (8.79)
Mother trust40.33 (7.04)39.14 (7.64)39.78 (6.68)40.1 (7.41)39.49 (7.1)39.77 (7.27)
Peers alienation17.45 (4.88)16.29 (4.31)16.4 (4.96)15.81 (4.41)16.03 (4.59)17.04 (4.26)
Peers communication26.94 (6.71)30.69 (6.13)28.01 (6.86)32.39 (4.99)28.98 (6.05)31.07 (6.13)
Peers trust39.03 (7.63)41.28 (7.3)39.48 (8.01)42.91 (5.86)40.02 (7.53)41.04 (7.48)