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Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Lanciano, Tiziana
Zammuner, Vanda Lucia

Abstract / Description

Integrating theories of adult attachment and well-being at the workplace, the present study tested the role of attachment style in predicting work-related well-being in terms of job satisfaction and job involvement, over and above dispositional trait measures (emotional traits and work-related traits). A sample of workers took part in a correlational study that explored the relationships among a) adult attachment, b) emotional traits, c) work-related traits, and d) work-related well-being indices. The results showed that both secure and anxious attachment style explained workers’ job involvement, whereas the secure and avoidant attachment styles explained workers’ job satisfaction. The current findings thus confirm and expand the literature's emphasis on studying the variables and processes that underlie people's mental health in the work setting, and have implications for assessing and promoting well-being in the workplace.

Keyword(s)

attachment style well-being workplace

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Date of first publication

2014-11-28

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

10

Issue

4

Page numbers

694–711

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Lanciano, T., & Zammuner, V. L. (2014). Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 694–711. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.814
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lanciano, Tiziana
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Zammuner, Vanda Lucia
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:16Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:16Z
  • Date of first publication
    2014-11-28
  • Abstract / Description
    Integrating theories of adult attachment and well-being at the workplace, the present study tested the role of attachment style in predicting work-related well-being in terms of job satisfaction and job involvement, over and above dispositional trait measures (emotional traits and work-related traits). A sample of workers took part in a correlational study that explored the relationships among a) adult attachment, b) emotional traits, c) work-related traits, and d) work-related well-being indices. The results showed that both secure and anxious attachment style explained workers’ job involvement, whereas the secure and avoidant attachment styles explained workers’ job satisfaction. The current findings thus confirm and expand the literature's emphasis on studying the variables and processes that underlie people's mental health in the work setting, and have implications for assessing and promoting well-being in the workplace.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Lanciano, T., & Zammuner, V. L. (2014). Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 694–711. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.814
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/923
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1115
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.814
  • Keyword(s)
    attachment style
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  • Keyword(s)
    well-being
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  • Keyword(s)
    workplace
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    4
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    694–711
  • Volume
    10
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    Version of Record