Journal articles: 'Adult Attachment theory'

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Cassibba, Rosalinda, Giovanna Sette, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn. "Attachment the Italian Way." European Psychologist 18, no. 1 (January 2013): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000128.

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In the present meta-analysis 627 Strange Situation Procedures (SSP; Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978 ) from 17 Italian infant attachment studies and 2,258 Adult Attachment Interviews (AAI; Main, Kaplan, & Cassidy, 1985 ) from 50 Italian adult attachment studies were included. All studies were published between 1990 and 2009. Our aim was to test the universality hypothesis of attachment theory in this Italian database. Results indicated that the majority of nonclinical Italian infants were classified as securely attached (53%); similarly, the majority of nonclinical Italian adults were secure (60%). Although cross-cultural similarities provide evidence for the universality hypothesis of attachment theory, our meta-analysis revealed also interesting cultural specificities. First, nonclinical Italian infants’ distribution showed an overrepresentation of avoidant attachments compared to the normative distribution. Second, the underrepresentation of unresolved loss among Italian nonclinical adults was noteworthy.

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Hendrick, Clyde, and Susan S. Hendrick. "Attachment Theory and Close Adult Relationships." Psychological Inquiry 5, no. 1 (January 1994): 38–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli0501_6.

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Haydon, Katherine C., Glenn I. Roisman, and Keith B. Burt. "In search of security: The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview revisited." Development and Psychopathology 24, no. 2 (April 17, 2012): 589–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579412000181.

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AbstractBuilding on Roisman, Fraley, and Belsky, who produced evidence for two modestly correlated dimensions (i.e., dismissing and preoccupied states of mind) underlying individual differences in attachment as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview using the Main and Goldwyn classification system, this report replicates and extends relevant evidence in a large sample of adults (N = 842) who completed the Adult Attachment Interview coded using Kobak's Adult Attachment Interview Q-Sort. Principal components analysis of item-level Q-Sort data yielded two state of mind (dismissing vs. free to evaluate and preoccupied vs. not) and two inferred experience (maternal and paternal) components that were associated with two domains of theoretical significance to attachment theory: interpersonal functioning in a romantic context and symptoms of psychopathology. Results revealed distinctive behavioral correlates of dismissing versus preoccupied states of mind and emphasize the differential predictive significance for developmental adaptation of attachment states of mind versus adults' recollections of their early experiences. Implications for adult attachment methodology and theory are discussed.

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Meredith, Pamela Joy. "Implications of adult attachment theory for chronic pain." Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 55, no. 4 (December 2008): 297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00720.x.

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van IJzendoorn, Marinus H., and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg. "Invariance of adult attachment across gender, age, culture, and socioeconomic status?" Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 27, no. 2 (March 2010): 200–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407509360908.

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Is attachment in adulthood associated with gender, age, culture, or socioeconomic context? There is a widely held belief that males and younger individuals exhibit a more avoidant or dismissive stance toward attachment experiences, as would subjects from individualized, Western societies and from poorer socio-economic environments. Distributions of Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications in various gender, cultural, socioeconomic, and age groups were compared with the normative distribution of North American non-clinical Caucasian mothers (23% dismissing, 58% secure, 19% preoccupied) through analysis of correspondence. Indeed, adolescent and student samples contained a higher proportion of dismissing attachment classifications than the normative group. No gender differences were found in the use of dismissing versus preoccupied attachment strategies in relatively affluent social environments, and the AAI distributions were largely independent of language and country of origin. Most strikingly, low SES adolescent mothers showed the strongest over-representation of dismissing attachments, which supports the life history theory prediction that in harsh environments individuals adopt a quantity-oriented reproductive strategy in tandem with a dismissing view of attachment.

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Kraemer, Gary W. "A psychobiological theory of attachment." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 15, no. 3 (September 1992): 493–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00069752.

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AbstractThis article describes a neurobiological basis for the “first attachment” of the primate infant to its caretaker. The infant normally internalizes a neurobiological “image” of the behavioral and emotional characteristics of its caregiver that later regulates important features of its brain function. Current models of sensorimotor analysis and its relation to emotion suggest that sensorimotor systems are also habit and memory systems, their functional status and lability regulated in part by biogenic amine systems. The intertwined development of neural and social functions can sometimes go awry. If the attachment process fails or the caregiver is incompetent, the infant may become socially dysfunctional. This helps explain the developmental psychopathology and later vulnerability to adult psychopathology that result from disruptions of social attachment.

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Shaver, Phillip R., and Mario Mikulincer. "New directions in attachment theory and research." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 27, no. 2 (March 2010): 163–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407509360899.

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The goal of this special issue is to take stock of attachment theory and research as it applies to adolescent and adult relationships. We briefly summarize and comment on the 12 articles included in the issue, placing them into four thematic categories: (i) attachment theory and research viewed from a life history perspective; (ii) biological bases of attachment processes; (iii) relations between the attachment system and other behavioral systems; and (iv) extensions of attachment research in applied directions. Taken together, the 12 articles provide an exciting foundation for future research on attachment and further development of attachment theory.

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Ma, Kenneth. "Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 1: Conceptualisations, measurement and clinical research findings." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 12, no. 6 (November 2006): 440–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.12.6.440.

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Since its original conception by Bowlby to explain an important evolutionary function of the child–caregiver relationship, attachment theory has been supported by much empirical research in a variety of settings. However, although attachment theory began as a clinical enterprise, its wider application to the everyday clinical understanding of adult mental health problems has lagged behind the available research. The theory can afford valuable insight not only into the developmental nature of common psychiatric disorders, but also into the development of the therapeutic relationship. This article gives an overview of (a) the current conceptualisations of attachment and the measurement of attachment for clinical research purposes and (b) the application of attachment theory to different psychopathologies. The importance of attachment to the therapeutic relationship will be discussed in a future article.

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West, Malcolm, and Adrienne Sheldon-Keller. "The Assessment of Dimensions Relevant to Adult Reciprocal Attachment*." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 37, no. 9 (November 1992): 600–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379203700902.

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The development and potential clinical uses of the Adult Attachment Dimensions Questionnaire is described. The seven scales of the Adult Attachment Dimensions Questionnaire relate to the aspects of a relationship formed to promote and maintain security. The underlying theory is founded on John Bowlby's work on the attachment behavioural system. The empirical validation was accomplished through three studies involving a clinical group and a non clinical group in a hospital setting and respondents to a community survey. Psychometric validation included measures of internal reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct validity through factor analysis. The resultant 35 item questionnaire should be useful to both clinicians and researchers interested in the characterization of the attachment system for adults.

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West, Malcolm, Adreenne Sheldon, and Linda Redtfer. "Attachment Theory and Brief Psychotherapy: Applying Current Research to Clinical Interventions." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 5 (June 1989): 369–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378903400503.

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Recent advances in attachment research provide a framework for defining the content and process of brief psychotherapy with adults. Attachment theory emphasizes a number of issues crucial to therapeutic work. Specifically, attachment relationships are enduring components of a individual's pattern of interpersonal behaviours. Functionally, attachment relationships address security needs. Insecure attachment arises from a representational model based on feared loss of the attachment figure, which predisposes the individual to have little confidence in the attachment figure's availability, responsiveness, and permanence. Behavioural responses to insecure attachment can lead to specific patterns of interpersonal relationships which, in turn, strengthen the representational model. Thus, a relatively stable, self-reinforcing system evolves and results in a consistent inability to experience security within attachment relationships. In this article, the authors describe the current framework for understanding adult attachment relationships and present clinical vignettes illustrating the saliency of attachment theory to common clinical presentations. The goal of the clinical intervention is defined as increasing the “permeability” of the individual's working model of attachment through affective and cognitive re-assessment of attachment experiences and expectations. Finally, the utility of this approach in evaluating the outcome and effectiveness of psychotherapy is highlighted.

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Counted, Victor. "Attachment theory and religious violence: theorizing adult religious psychopathology." Journal for the Study of Religion 30, no. 1 (2017): 78–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2017/v30n1a4.

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Mosley, Marissa A., Morgan Lancaster, M. L. Parker, and Kelly Campbell. "Adult attachment and online dating deception: a theory modernized." Sexual and Relationship Therapy 35, no. 2 (January 28, 2020): 227–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2020.1714577.

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Pilkonis, Paul A., Yookyung Kim, Lan Yu, and Jennifer Q. Morse. "Adult Attachment Ratings (AAR): An Item Response Theory Analysis." Journal of Personality Assessment 96, no. 4 (September 13, 2013): 417–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2013.832261.

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Shilkret, Cynthia J. "Some Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory in Adult Psychotherapy." Clinical Social Work Journal 33, no. 1 (July 2005): 55–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-005-2619-z.

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Ma, Kenneth. "Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 2: Importance to the therapeutic relationship." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 13, no. 1 (January 2007): 10–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.105.001867.

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This article focuses on how the general adult psychiatrist, in thinking about everyday clinical problems, may usefully apply attachment theory to gain insight. Fictional case vignettes are used to illustrate the importance of attachment in shaping and understanding the clinician–patient relationship. Ways in which service configurations may be informed by attachment theory are also examined.

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Dianova, E. S. "Research into the role of attachment in a person's life. Overview of foreign research." Современная зарубежная психология 8, no. 4 (2019): 88–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2019080409.

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Attachment theory currently covers more and more research areas. Starting its development with the study of children, now researchers of attachment are increasingly paying attention to the psyche of an adult. Moreover, more and more studies are devoted to the relationship of attachment and psychopathology. This article presents the scientific researches that have been carried out over the past five years and re-open the problem of attachment. The studies investigate the problems of romantic attachment, the effects of attachment on the course of pregnancy, the relationship of attachment and psychopathology in adults, the specificity of psychotherapy for patients with different types of attachment, and give a brief overview of studies of child attachment, which also focuses on psychopathology. This review doesn’t only present new scientific data on the theory of attachment, but also outlines new vectors of research on this issu.

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Polovina, Nada. "Attachment theory: Old and new approach." Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanja 37, no. 1 (2005): 107–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zipi0501107p.

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The article is an attempt to present holistically the key concepts of attachment theory rediscovered for its potentials. The presented concepts include: narrow definition of attachment, behavioral control system of attachment, attachment working model and patterns of attachment. The concepts are presented in the context of child attachment theory and adult attachment theory, in addition to description of the development of attachment. Concepts, as well as developmental processes are presented from the stand point of pioneers in this field (John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth) as well as from the standpoint of their successors (Everett Waters and Malcolm West). Compacted ness of the theory, possibilities for operationalization of its key concepts and its application to empirical studies of complex psychological issues that have never been scientifically explored, makes it a very prospective theory in view of possible integration of existing research findings and initiating new research and new practices in psychotherapy, social work and work in schools. The goal of this integral presentation of attachment theory is to highlight its benefits and possibilities for understanding and research complex field of human's psychosocial functioning.

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Williams, Nathan L., and John H. Riskind. "Adult Romantic Attachment and Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety and Depression: Examining the Interpersonal Basis of Vulnerability Models." Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 18, no. 1 (January 2004): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/jcop.18.1.7.28047.

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Bowlby’s attachment theory contends that all individuals develop working models of self and significant others, based on early experiences, that have important implications for understanding adult psychopathology. From a social cognitive perspective these “working models” can be conceptualized in terms of relational schemas that have the same functions as other types of schemas (e.g., organizing information, guiding future behavior, etc.). Cognitive vulnerability models have proposed a pessimistic explanatory style that confers vulnerability to depression and a looming maladaptive style that confers vulnerability to anxiety. The present study examines the pattern of relationships between adult romantic attachment, cognitive vulnerabilities to anxiety and depression, self-reported anxious and depressive symptoms, and both general and specific relationship outcomes. Results suggest that higher levels of attachment insecurity were associated with increased psychological symptoms, higher levels of cognitive vulnerabilities, and greater general and relationship impairments. Moreover, cognitive vulnerabilities partially mediated the relationship between adult attachment and anxious and depressive symptoms, suggesting that insecure attachments may represent a developmental antecedent to cognitive vulnerabilities to anxiety and depression.

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Wang, Ta-Wei. "Adult Attachment and Forgiveness in Taiwanese College Students." Psychological Reports 103, no. 1 (August 2008): 161–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.103.1.161-169.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the associations between measures of adult attachment and forgiveness in college students in Taiwan. Participants (203 women and 82 men; M age = 19.6 yr., SD =1.2) completed measures of adult attachment dimensions (Adult Attachment Scale), State Forgiveness (Forgiveness Scale), and Trait Forgiveness (Forgiveness Likelihood Scale). Pearson correlations and regression results indicated ratings on three dimensions of adult attachment, Dependence, Anxiety, and Closeness, were significantly related to State Forgiveness, and all but scores on Dependence were significantly related to scores on Trait Forgiveness. Only ratings of Anxiety and Closeness significantly predicted those on State and Trait Forgiveness. The findings provided partial support for using attachment theory to understand the construct of forgiveness.

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Halpern, Ellen L. "A Review of: “Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications”." Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 32, no. 1 (January 2006): 71–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00926230500266964.

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Bettmann, Joanna E. "Using attachment theory to understand the treatment of adult depression." Clinical Social Work Journal 34, no. 4 (April 21, 2006): 531–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-005-0033-1.

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Syed, Sumaiyah U., and Joan K. Monin. "ATTACHMENT SECURITY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN OLDER-ADULT MARRIAGES." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S925. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.3368.

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Abstract Attachment theory emphasizes attachment security, providing and receiving communication of safety and emotional support, as one of the most fundamental needs in close relationships across the lifespan. Having an insecure attachment style, anxious or avoidant attachment, has been related to depressive symptoms in mostly young adult marriages. This study examined the interpersonal associations between attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, and depressive symptoms in 98 older adult couples, using self-report measures. The Actor Partner Interdependence model was used to analyze the data. Results show that one partner’s anxious attachment was significantly positively associated with their own greater depressive symptoms (β=2.10, p=0.000). This effect was stronger for husbands than for wives (β=1.13, p=0.002). Results remained when controlling for age, physical functioning, marital length, and socio-demographics. There were no significant cross-partner associations. Findings suggest that attachment anxiety may be particularly impactful for depressive symptoms in husbands.

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Mohd Hasim, Marshina Juliza, Hasrina Mustafa, and Nor Hazlina Hashim. "From Middle Childhood to Adulthood Attachment." Family Journal 26, no. 4 (October 2018): 444–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480718806522.

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Attachment theory argues that attachment styles developed during infancy and childhood will be relatively enduring and continue during adulthood. While research on adult attachment has been mounting in the past, less is known on the enduring effect of attachment styles with mother, father, and their peer or peers during childhood on adult romantic attachment styles. Past research in fact have obtained mixed findings on the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, especially in the context of Malaysian setting. In order to explore the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, a survey among 400 married individuals was conducted and partial least squares was employed for data analysis. The application of attachment theory in this study was established via two dimensions of anxiety and avoidance. The result indicated that respondents who exhibited high levels of anxiety and high levels of avoidance with mother, father, and their peers would display the same attachment styles with their romantic partners or spouses during adulthood. The findings provide conclusive evidence on the continuity and stability of attachment styles with stronger and enduring bonds observed for peer-adult attachment.

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Simonji-Cernak, Ruzenka, and Zivka Micanovic-Cvejic. "Emotional attachment in partner relationships as a predictor of depression." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 173 (2020): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn2073051s.

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According to the theory of emotional attachment, specific emotional relationships are established at an early age between the child and its parents. The working model shapes the quality of adult relationships. Within the indicated theoretical context, it was hypothesized that we could find three early attachment styles and that these have a significant effect on attachment styles in close partner relationships. It was also hypothesized that depression has a statistically significant effect on attachment styles in close partner relationships. Attachment was assessed with a number of instruments: Close Relationship and UPIPAV. The investigation included 129 grown - ups: 64 with depressive symptomatology, and 65 healthy individuals. The assumption is confirmed about three styles of affective attachments. Findings showed significant main effect of early attachment styles, but no depression; interaction between depression and early attachment styles is not significant. It is also confirmed that the interaction between affective attachment styles and depression is not statistically significant.

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Cassidy, Jude, Jason D. Jones, and Phillip R. Shaver. "Contributions of attachment theory and research: A framework for future research, translation, and policy." Development and Psychopathology 25, no. 4pt2 (November 2013): 1415–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579413000692.

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AbstractAttachment theory has been generating creative and impactful research for almost half a century. In this article we focus on the documented antecedents and consequences of individual differences in infant attachment patterns, suggesting topics for further theoretical clarification, research, clinical interventions, and policy applications. We pay particular attention to the concept of cognitive “working models” and to neural and physiological mechanisms through which early attachment experiences contribute to later functioning. We consider adult caregiving behavior that predicts infant attachment patterns, and the still-mysterious “transmission gap” between parental Adult Attachment Interview classifications and infant Strange Situation classifications. We also review connections between attachment and (a) child psychopathology; (b) neurobiology; (c) health and immune function; (d) empathy, compassion, and altruism; (e) school readiness; and (f) culture. We conclude with clinical–translational and public policy applications of attachment research that could reduce the occurrence and maintenance of insecure attachment during infancy and beyond. Our goal is to inspire researchers to continue advancing the field by finding new ways to tackle long-standing questions and by generating and testing novel hypotheses.

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Furness, Matthew P. "What Predicts Career Adaptability?: An Application of Achievement Goal Theory and Adult Attachment Theory." Journal of Career Development 47, no. 6 (December 5, 2018): 671–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894845318815610.

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Extensive research has documented the impressive individual and organizational benefits that come with high levels of career adaptability (CA). At the current time, however, only the fixed dispositional traits underpinning CA have been investigated. In this study, I contributed to existing literature by drawing upon achievement goal theory and adult attachment theory to test a model where several malleable psychosocial constructs predicted CA levels. To test this model, a cross-sectional study was conducted, with 210 respondents from three organizations completing a self-report questionnaire. Analyses of the data collected yielded support for some, but not all, of the hypothesized relationships. Most notably, the results indicated that mastery goal adoption predicts CA, but only when individuals feel that their supervisor supports their career autonomy. The findings also suggested that anxious, but not avoidant, attachment negatively predicts CA. The practical and theoretical implications of these results are discussed.

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Magai, Carol, Jill Hunziker, Wilda Mesias, and L. Clayton Culver. "Adult attachment styles and emotional biases." International Journal of Behavioral Development 24, no. 3 (September 2000): 301–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650250050118286.

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This study was designed to extend the literature on personality differences and emotion biases among individuals characterised by different attachment patterns. Sixty-three individuals ( M = 63 years) completed measures of parental child-rearing practices and trait emotion; they also completed a storytelling task and an emotion decoding task and were videotaped during an emotion induction procedure for later facial coding. Attachment patterns were assessed using a semi-structured interview and a four-category coding system. Multiple regression was applied to the data to test attachment models. Analyses based on theoretical models accounted for 23–47% of the variance in attachment patterns. Alternative, empirical models, developed on the basis of observed bivariate associations, resulted in the improvement of three models. Attachment security was associated with facial expressions of joy, the absence of love-withdrawal as a parental disciplinary style, a decoding bias favouring shame, a disinclination to route negative affect from consciousness, and low scores on negative trait emotion. Fearful avoidance was typified by facial shame, punitive parental child-rearing practices, the inclination to see anger in faces, to tell stories with approval-seeking themes, and with trait anxiety. Dismissingness was characterised by mixed or ambivalent facial activity, the tendency to see disgust in faces, and to deny anxiety and yet write projective stories revealing inner conflict. Preoccupation was predicted by parental love-withdrawal, facial disgust, fantasies of closeness and affiliation, and trait anger and depression. Findings are discussed within the context of attachment theory and contemporary concepts concerning emotional organisation.

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Simpson, Jeffry A., and W. Steven Rholes. "Attachment and relationships: Milestones and future directions." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 27, no. 2 (March 2010): 173–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407509360909.

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Adult attachment researchers have made important strides during the past 25 years in testing and applying attachment theory to multiple personal and interpersonal domains. We highlight some of the major milestones and then propose several directions for future research. Some of the most important and promising directions include testing additional normative processes implied by attachment theory, developing and testing critical connections between attachment theory and other major interpersonal theories, and identifying pathways between attachment processes and long-term health outcomes.

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Diamond, Lisa M. "Contributions of Psychophysiology to Research on Adult Attachment: Review and Recommendations." Personality and Social Psychology Review 5, no. 4 (November 2001): 276–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327957pspr0504_1.

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Despite the increasing use of psychophysiological measures to investigate social and interpersonal phenomena, few studies of adult romantic attachment have taken advantage of this approach. In this article I argue for a biologically-specific, theory-based integration of psychophysiological measures into adult attachment research. This approach would help elucidate the normative psychobiological properties of the attachment system, which have received little study in humans. Specifically, it would allow researchers to test targeted hypotheses regarding affect and arousal regulation in attachment relationships. I provide a general introduction to 2 biological systems that hold particular promise for adult attachment research: the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis of the endocrine system. I highlight the relevance of these systems for attachment phenomena and review findings from selected social psychophysiological research. I conclude by outlining a tentative theoretical model of the psychobiology of adult attachment and identifying specific directions for future research.

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Segal, Daniel L., Tracy N. Needham, and Frederick L. Coolidge. "Age Differences in Attachment Orientations among Younger and Older Adults: Evidence from Two Self-Report Measures of Attachment." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 69, no. 2 (September 2009): 119–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ag.69.2.c.

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The attachment patterns of younger and older adults were studied using two-dimensional self-report measures of adult attachment. Community-dwelling younger ( n = 144, M = 22.5 years, SD = 3.6) and older ( n = 106, M = 68.6 years, SD = 8.3) adults completed the Measure of Attachment Qualities (MAQ; Carver, 1997) and the Relationship Style Questionnaire (RSQ; Griffin & Bartholomew, 1994). Although the MAQ and RSQ are believed to be measuring similar constructs, they are derived from different theoretical perspectives. Correlations between the two measures were in the expected directions proving modest evidence for their convergent validity. Regarding cross-sectional results, as was expected, older adults scored lower than younger adults on the ambivalent-worry attachment scale of the MAQ and the preoccupied attachment scale of the RSQ. There were no age differences regarding secure, avoidant, and dismissing attachment. It appears that older adults experience anxious types of attachment less frequently than younger adults. Although these results primarily speak to age differences and possible cohort effects, they also provide some support for socioemotional selectivity theory and its hypothesized improved relationships in later life.

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Zizi, Pholly D., Ruan Spies, and Cristel Vosloo. "Adult attachment theory and Rorschach Inkblot Method: A systematic literature review." Journal of Psychology in Africa 29, no. 4 (July 4, 2019): 405–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2019.1647491.

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Crowell, Judith A., and Dominique Treboux. "A Review of Adult Attachment Measures: Implications for Theory and Research." Social Development 4, no. 3 (November 1995): 294–327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.1995.tb00067.x.

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Krause, Allison M., and Beth E. Haverkamp. "Attachment in Adult Child-Older Parent Relationships: Research, Theory, and Practice." Journal of Counseling & Development 75, no. 2 (November 12, 1996): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02318.x.

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Carter, Angela M., Leandre R. Fabrigar, Tara K. MacDonald, and Laura J. Monner. "Investigating the interface of the investment model and adult attachment theory." European Journal of Social Psychology 43, no. 7 (October 7, 2013): 661–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1984.

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Staufenberg, Heather. "Attachment theory and its relation to adult men who sexually offend." Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim Treatment and Prevention 2, no. 3 (2010): 144–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0101571.

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Besharat, Mohammad Ali. "Relation of Attachment Style with Marital Conflict." Psychological Reports 92, no. 3_suppl (June 2003): 1135–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3c.1135.

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During the last decade attachment theory has been used as a framework for understanding how adult relationships function. Attachment theory should focus exploration of whether attachment history might be related to later marital conflicts. The aim of this paper was to examine the relationship of attachment styles with marital conflicts. Subjects were 20 couples who entered couples therapy for their marital conflict and a sample of 20 university student couples All answered the Adult Attachment Inventory and the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Marital State. The university couples described themselves as more securely attached to their partners than the married couples. The Anxious and Avoidant styles were associated with greater problems in the marital relationship. Secure, Anxious, and Avoidant attachment styles seemed to be associated with the quality of marital relationships. Couples who exhibited a Secure attachment style tended to be involved in relationships characterized by greater interdependence, trust, commitment, and satisfaction whereas those with insecure styles tended to be characterized by more problems.

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MERZ, EVA-MARIA, CARLO SCHUENGEL, and HANS-JOACHIM SCHULZE. "Inter-generational relationships at different ages: an attachment perspective." Ageing and Society 28, no. 5 (July 2008): 717–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x08007046.

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ABSTRACTThis study examines the characteristics of parent-child relationships after childhood from a theoretical attachment perspective. It describes how relationships between adult children and their parents vary by age group of the child on three dimensions that were derived from attachment theory: direction, penetration and quality. Data from 4,589 respondents to the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were analysed to describe relationships between adult-children and their parents. Analyses of covariance were used to specify differences by age group. The results showed that age had notable effects on relationships between adult children and parents, especially their direction and penetration or centrality. The direction was reversed for parents of children in the two oldest age groups. The level of penetration was lower for the older age groups, and quality was higher in the younger age groups, but the effect size was small. The age effects on the dimensions were qualified by the personal circumstances of the adult children. Having one's own children was associated with different patterns of attachment at different ages. Adult children may be an important source of support for their elderly parents and may even become ‘attachment figures’. Given the current increases in longevity, there could be increasing pressure on adult children to support their parents. Attachment theory is a useful framework for studying the characteristics of inter-generational relationships, also after childhood.

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Marganski, Alison. "Adult Attachment as a Criminological Construct in the Cycle of Violence." Violence and Victims 28, no. 2 (2013): 210–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.11-00155.

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This study investigates whether the criminological construct of attachment plays a role in the link between family violence victimization experiences in childhood and adult violent behavior. Data collected from undergraduate students was used to estimate the independent effect of adult attachment type on the victimization-violence link and it was used to examine main effects and interactions between family violence-adult attachment types on adult violent behavior. Consistent with past research, results revealed significant associations between direct experiences of victimization and violent behavior. Multivariate analyses using interaction terms also found significant interactions, indicating moderation effects, which were further investigated. Results revealed that social learning theory may be useful in explaining violence among those who have experienced high victimization, whereas social control theory may be useful in explaining adult violence for those who have experienced low or no levels of violence early in life. Given this study’s findings, further research to examine the means by which family violence victimization experiences develop into violent behavioral patterns is recommended.

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Forrest, Kelly A. "Attachment and Attention in Sport." Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology 2, no. 3 (September 2008): 242–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2.3.242.

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Attachment (Bowlby, 1969/1982) is an interdisciplinary theory of social development that views early relationships with caregivers as central to how individuals learn to regulate attention under attachment-related stress (Fonagy & Target, 2002; Main, 2000; Hesse & Main, 2000). This paper proposes that conditions present in competitive sport situations, such as unexpected conditions, fear of failure, fatigue, and coach stress are likely to activate attachment-related attentional processes of athletes and differentially influence attentional flexibility under competitive stress. The attachment-based approach to performance-related problems in which attentional processes are implicated, such as anxiety, choking, and self-regulation, is discussed. Research using the Adult Attachment Interview (George, Kaplan, & Main, 1996) is suggested to investigate the distribution of adult attachment classification in the athlete population.

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McWilliams, Lachlan A., Paul DJ Murphy, and S. Jeffrey Bailey. "Associations between Adult Attachment Dimensions And Attitudes Toward Pain Behaviour." Pain Research and Management 15, no. 6 (2010): 378–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/953496.

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BACKGROUND: Despite the important role positive reinforcement of pain behaviour is believed to play in chronic pain, there is a paucity of research regarding factors that influence the provision of such reinforcement. Attachment theory suggests that individuals high in attachment avoidance view the pain behaviour of others in a negative manner and would, therefore, provide little reinforcement of pain behaviour. As an initial step in evaluating this model, relationships between attachment dimensions and attitudes toward pain behaviour were examined. Attachment avoidance was hypothesized to be negatively associated with accepting attitudes toward pain behaviour.METHODS: A sample of undergraduate students (n=160) completed the Relationships Structures Questionnaire, which provides global ratings of adult attachment dimensions (anxiety and avoidance) by assessing attachment across four relationship targets (friend, mother, father and romantic partner). Attitudes regarding the acceptability of pain behaviour were assessed using male and female versions of the Appropriate Pain Behaviour Questionnaire (APBQ).RESULTS: Consistent with the hypothesis, attachment avoidance was negatively correlated with both APBQ-Female and APBQ-Male scores. Multiple regression analyses were used to investigate the relationships between the attachment scales and the APBQ scales while statistically adjusting for sex and testing for interaction effects. The findings revealed complex relationships involving interaction effects that provided further support for the hypothesis.CONCLUSIONS: The findings provided support for the hypothesis that attachment avoidance is associated with less accepting attitudes toward pain behaviour. Additional research regarding the role of attachment and attitudes on responses to pain behaviour is warranted.

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Et. al., Fatahyah Yahya,. "Parent-Child Attachment and Romantic Relationship among Young Adults in Malaysia." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 5 (April 11, 2021): 1343–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i5.2026.

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The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between Parent- Child Attachment on Romantic Relationship among Young Adults in Malaysia. In the present study, researcher established the correlation between the two variables which are Parent-child attachment and romantic relationship. Total of 100 participants (36= Male; 64: Female) participated in this study. Two (2) instruments have been used to measure the variables; Armsden and Greenberg’s Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) and Experiences in Close Relationships scale (ECR). Results indicated that there was a positive moderate significant relationship between parent child attachment and romantic relationship among young adults in Malaysia (r=.322, p<0.01). As a recommendation, a semi-structured interview can be administered to investigate the nature of attachment relationships in adult partnerships.

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Andrews, Nicole E., Pamela J. Meredith, Jenny Strong, and Genevieve F. Donohue. "Adult Attachment and Approaches to Activity Engagement in Chronic Pain." Pain Research and Management 19, no. 6 (2014): 317–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/838954.

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BACKGROUND: The way in which individuals with chronic pain habitually approach activity engagement has been shown to impact daily functioning, with both avoidance of one’s daily activities and overactivity (activity engagement that significantly exacerbates pain) associated with more pain, higher levels of physical disability and poorer psychological functioning.OBJECTIVE: To provide insight into the development of maladaptive habitual approaches to activity engagement in chronic pain by applying an attachment theory framework.METHODS: A sample of 164 adults with chronic pain completed selfreport measures of attachment, approach to activity and pain cognitions. Mediation analyses were undertaken to examine the direct association between attachment variables and maladaptive approaches to activity, and to test for the mediating role of pain cognitions (catastrophizing and thought suppression).RESULTS: Results demonstrated that higher levels of secure attachment were associated with lower levels of activity avoidance, which was fully mediated by lower levels of pain catastrophizing; higher levels of preoccupied or fearful attachment were directly associated with higher levels overactivity; higher levels of preoccupied attachment were associated with higher levels of activity avoidance, which was partially mediated by higher levels of pain catastrophizing; and higher levels of fearful attachment were indirectly associated with higher levels of activity avoidance through higher levels of catastrophizing.CONCLUSIONS: These results provide preliminary support for the suggestion that insecure attachment may be a source of vulnerability to the development of disabling activity patterns in chronic pain.

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Mullen, G. "Mapping evidence from systematic reviews regarding adult attachment and mental health difficulties: a scoping review." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 36, no. 3 (July 20, 2017): 207–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2017.27.

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ObjectiveThe aim of this scoping review was to map evidence gathered through systematic reviews regarding adult attachment and mental health difficulties. This review highlights established, emerging, and inconsistent findings, suggesting areas for future research, and implications for theory and practice.MethodsA systematic search for meta-analyses and systematic reviews measuring adult attachment and concerning mental health difficulties was conducted. In total, 17 studies met the selection criteria.ResultsFindings were presented according to four identified themes, (1) measurement of attachment; (2) measurement of mental health difficulty; (3) intrapersonal processes related to attachment and mental health difficulties; and (4) interpersonal processes related to attachment and mental health difficulties.ConclusionsThis review highlights the connection between attachment style and mental health difficulties, and suggests that relationships can facilitate both mental health and illheath. However, the mechanisms through which insecure attachment confers risk for mental health difficulties require further research.

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Barbaro, Nicole, Michele R. Parkhill, and David Nguyen. "Anxious and Hostile: Consequences of Anxious Adult Attachment in Predicting Male-Perpetrated Sexual Assault." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 33, no. 13 (January 3, 2016): 2098–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515622301.

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Attachment theory has increasingly been utilized to understand the etiology of sexual violence, and anxious attachment appears to be especially informative in this domain. We investigate the influence of general anxious attachment and specific anxious attachment on hostile masculine attitudes to predict male-perpetrated sexual assault. We hypothesize that hostile masculinity will mediate the relationship between general anxious attachment style and sexual assault perpetration (Hypothesis 1) and the relationship between specific anxious attachment to the assaulted woman and sexual assault perpetration (Hypothesis 2). Men ( N = 193) completed the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) to determine sexual assault history and completed measures of general attachment style, specific attachment to the woman involved in the sexual activity, and measures of hostile masculine attitudes. Results support the hypothesized mediation models, such that general anxious attachment and specific anxious attachment are significantly associated with hostile masculinity, which in turn, predicts the likelihood of male-perpetrated sexual assault. The findings suggest that the unique characteristics of anxious attachment may escalate into hostile masculinity, which then increases the likelihood of sexual assault perpetration. This research is the first to investigate attachment bonds to the woman involved in the sexual activity and likelihood of sexual assault perpetration against the same woman.

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Kwako, Laura E., Jennie G. Noll, Frank W. Putnam, and Penelope K. Trickett. "Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 15, no. 3 (July 2010): 407–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104510367590.

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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a recognized risk factor for various negative outcomes in adult survivors and their offspring. We used the Dynamic-Maturational Model of attachment theory as a framework for exploring the impact of maternal CSA on children’s attachment relationships in the context of a longitudinal sample of adult survivors of CSA and non-abused comparison mothers and their children. Results indicated that children of CSA survivors were more likely to have extreme strategies of attachment than the children of non-abused mothers. However, because both groups were at socioeconomic risk, both were typified by anxious attachment. Explanations for findings and implications for children’s development are explored.

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Shemmings, D. "Using adult attachment theory to differentiate adult children's internal working models of later life filial relationships." Journal of Aging Studies 20, no. 2 (April 2006): 177–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2005.12.001.

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Fraley, R. Chris, Niels G. Waller, and Kelly A. Brennan. "An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 78, no. 2 (2000): 350–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.350.

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West, Malcolm, and Carol George. "Abuse and violence in intimate adult relationships: New perspectives from attachment theory." Attachment & Human Development 1, no. 2 (September 1999): 137–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616739900134201.

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Crowell, Judith A., and Everett Waters. "Bowlby's Theory Grown Up: The Role of Attachment in Adult Love Relationships." Psychological Inquiry 5, no. 1 (January 1994): 31–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli0501_4.

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Gormley, Barbara. "Application of Adult Attachment Theory to Treatment of Chronically Suicidal, Traumatized Women." Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 41, no. 2 (2004): 136–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.41.2.136.

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