Among the limits
of the present study, it is possible to point out the necessity: 1) to replicate this investigation with a large
number of Italian
healthy adolescents for the representativeness
of the sample; 2) to adopt the double analysis both for
positive and negative affect, considering that literature
review seems to indicate these two aspects as separate but equally important variables; and, finally, 3) to carry out a longitudinal study, from early adolescence to young adulthood, in order to emphasize the change in these aspects
of youth development.