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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Avoidant attachment"”.
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Alcohol Dependence and Avoidant Attachment – Implications for Therapy
… to examine possible differences in security of attachment and maladaptive schemas and investigated how early relational experiences influenced core beliefs regarding self, others and intimate relationships and therapeutic implications for severely alcohol dependent clients’ engagement in …
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Avoidant Attachment and Automatic vs. Controlled Components of Psychological Defense
The mental defenses of avoidantly attached adults are thought to have both automatic and controlled components. The goals of the present study are to examine the effectiveness and interplay of the automatic and controlled components of avoidant defenses (experiment 1), and to examine the role of …
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The Ick Factor: Explaining the Term Through Lenses of Sexual Disgust and Avoidant Attachment Style
… differences in sexual disgust sensitivity and attachment style help explain icks and reactions to icks. Participants (N = 236) completed a survey in which they rated fabricated dating profiles and first-date vignettes that either included or excluded icks. Participants also completed measures …
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Attachment theory and therapeutic relationships
… the associations between current self-reported attachment styles, retrospective reports of childhood experiences, and the development of the therapeutic alliance. It was hypothesised that anxious and avoidant attachment would be correlated with negative childhood experiences and that both …
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The influence of adult attachment styles on coping with bereavement
… study explored the associations between adult attachment style, coping style, religious beliefs, and experiences with grief. Participants from local bereavement and religious groups completed questionnaires about these constructs.</p> <p>Hyp. 1-2 predicted that greater endorsement of Secure and …
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Multi-level Model of Parent-Child Attachment, Depression & Self-Concept in Pediatric Chronic Illness
… and baseline levels of maternal and paternal attachment. Results: At Level 1, depression negatively predicted self-concept over time. At Level 2, higher baseline maternal and paternal avoidant attachment predicted higher initial self-concept. Higher maternal avoidant attachment was also …
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The Role of Attachment in the Use of Positive Emotion Regulation After Stress
… stress, individuals lower on the anxious and avoidant attachment dimensions are typically successful emotion regulators, while individuals higher on the anxious or avoidance dimensions are normally poor at emotion regulation. The current study aims to test differences in the ability to use …
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Attachment, Personality, and Conflict Behaviors in Romantic Couples: Examining Vulnerability to Depression
… participants. Study procedures included an attachment elicitation exercise, which was preceded by completion of a self-report measure of depressive and anxious affect. The attachment elicitation exercise was followed by self-report measures of relationship behavior, adult attachment style, …
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Attachment, Personality, and Conflict Behaviors in Romantic Couples: Examining Vulnerability to Depression
… participants. Study procedures included an attachment elicitation exercise, which was preceded by completion of a self-report measure of depressive and anxious affect. The attachment elicitation exercise was followed by self-report measures of relationship behavior, adult attachment style, …
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Depression, Social Anxiety, and Attachment as Predictors of the Use and Quality of Cyber Communication
… symptoms, social anxiety symptoms, and adult attachment style on the use and the perceptions of the quality of cyber communications with close friends, romantic partners, and family members. One hundred thirty-five individuals completed an initial survey, with sixty five of the original group …
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Internalised stigma in mental health : an investigation of the role of attachment style
This thesis examines the role of adult attachment style on the internalisation of stigma amongst adults affected by mental health problems in the United Kingdom. A systematic review, completed for this thesis, on the role of social and relational factors in internalised stigma found strongest …
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Emotion Dysregulation as a Mediator Between Insecure Attachment and Psychological Aggression in Couples
According to adult attachment theory (Hazan and Shaver, 1987), people's levels of insecure attachment, both anxious and avoidant, are associated with their abilities to regulate emotions in a relational context. This study is the first to test emotion dysregulation as a mediator for the …
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Psychopathology and Sexual Addiction as Correlates of Disordered Attachment
… associations between insecure adult romantic attachment and symptoms of psychopathology, disordered personality, and problematic sexual behaviors in a clinical sample of 402 men in treatment for sexual addiction. Anxious and avoidant attachment were hypothesized to correlate with certain …
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Abandonment Fears in Persons with Alzheimer's at Adult Day Care Centers
… while others were not. Using an existing attachment questionnaire, Ellen's daughter classified her mother as having an avoidant attachment style, but Opel's daughter classified her mother as having secure attachment. Although Ellen's behavior at the center fit with the description of a …
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Assessing how adult attachment and gender role attitudes impact intimate partner violence
… study explored the relationship between adult attachment style and gender role attitudes, and level of physical violence and coercive control present in an intimate relationship. This dataset is drawn from a larger research study of male batterers who participated in the domestic violence …
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Attachment to God and psychological well-being: Shame, guilt, and self-compassion as mediators
<p>In this study, I used attachment theory to examine individual differences in people's relationships with God or their Higher Power and the influence of these relationships on shame, guilt, self-compassion, and overall psychological well-being. H1 was that shame, guilt, and self-compassion fully …
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Factors of Supervision and the Impact on Intentional Nondisclosure by Counselors-in-Training
… the supervisory working alliance and supervisee attachment styles. More general social perceptions may also impact the supervisory relationship, but that has not been assessed in the context of CIT supervision. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine these factors, …
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Influences On Career Self-Efficacy: Examining Attachment
This study examined the influences of attachment style and level of optimism on career self-efficacy. It was hypothesized that level of optimism moderates the relationship between attachment style and career self-efficacy. Participants were 173 college students who completed the Experiences in …
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Using the circumplex model to examine the relationship between gender, gender-role identity, and attachment style
… between gender, gender-role identity, and attachment style was examined using the circumplex model. Participants included 490 college students who completed the Bem Inventory, the Relationship Questionnaire, and the Interpersonal Adjective Scales. Primary hypotheses were formulated to …
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Impact of Immigration Parent-Child Separation Policies on Children’s Attachment Experiences
… separations affect their children’s development, attachment style, and overall well-being. The review explored the short- and long-term consequences for immigrant children and their families, including children who are U.S.-born and remain in the country without their parents. Results from the …
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