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We sought o establish the discriminant validity of related concepts: territori-ality and attachment toplace. Further, we investigated the contextual deter-minants of attachment. We hypothesized that persons living in more heter-ogeneous neighborhoods would be less attached. We also hypothesized that levels of perceived or objective disorder would be negatively associated with attachment levels. The hypotheses were tested using data from a survey of 687 heads of household in Baltimore, Maryland. Data on police activity and neighborhood characteristics were also gathered. A clear territorial dimension and two attachment dimensions (Rooted and Involved; Acquain-tanceship) were identified. Regressions of each dimension supported the dis-tinctness of territoriality and attachment, as well as the hypothesized impacts of diversity and disorder on attachment. Not only are some people more at-tached to place than others but there are also some places to which people can become attached more easily. This study is the first to establish the direct impacts of diversity on attachment to place. Clinical psychologists have long recognized that people can and do cathect, or get attached to, other persons. In everyday language we speak of persons
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