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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"insecure attachment"”.
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Yearnings: Stories of Insecure Attachment and the Journey to Connect to God
… this study sought to understand how an insecure attachment affects one's relationship with God. Participants' stories suggested that: I) one's struggle to connect with God was a part of their struggle to connect with others; 2) that experiencing others as safe and responsive contributed …
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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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Exploring the Impact of Insecure Attachment Styles in Couple Adjustment Through the Lens of Cluster B Pathology
… studies focused on individuals who possess an insecure attachment, potential cluster B personality pathology, and who are engaged in couple discord. The following clinical research project explored how insecure attachments impact the trajectory of both cluster B pathology and adult couples’ …
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The Contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences to the Interplay Between Insecure Attachment Characteristics, Trait Emotional Intelligence, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, and Personality Organization
… well-established connections between unfavorable attachment experiences and subsequent personality pathology. Individuals with adverse attachment experiences and those with personality pathology have been found to have difficulty with emotional awareness and emotion regulation. Attachment …
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Insecure attachment: a case study of the relationship between a mother and her daughter. A description of the competitive and tyrannical nature of an ambivalently attached girl
… a self psychology lens was used as well as attachment theory. A qualitative method was used in this research which focuses on a single case study. To avoid the effects of subjectivity the illustrative material was discussed during supervision with both clinical supervision and research …
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Associations between parenting style and quality of attachment to mother in middle childhood and adolescence
… between parenting style and the quality of child attachment to mother were investigated in middle childhood and adolescence. Two hundred and two children in middle childhood (grades 4-6) and 212 adolescents (grades 7-11) participated. In the younger group, secure attachment was assessed by the …
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMS
… related to several problems in adulthood such as insecure attachment and distrust in interpersonal relationships. Although distrust is the key diagnostic component of Paranoid PD (PPD), empirical research mostly focused on borderline personality disorder (BPD) yielding limited information about …
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Meanings made, attachment, perceived closeness and complicated grief in military service members
… in the development of complicated grief, using attachment theory and meaning making model as a guide. It was hypothesized that insecure attachment and perceived closeness would be positively associated with complicated grief, meanings made would be negatively associated with complicated grief, …
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Exploring attachment patterns and resilience levels of individuals who emancipated from institutional based care, kinship care, and non-kinship care
The purpose of this research study was to review attachment theory and resilience among individuals who have emancipated from the foster care system and determine if these individuals have adapted to a pattern of secure or insecure attachment. It was determined if the secure or insecure attachment …
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Exploration of the Link Between Migration and Acculturation Related-Stress, Attachment Style, and Psychological Distress in Arab Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees
… earlier research revealed a higher prevalence of insecure attachment in migrant compared to non-migrant populations. Attachment style may be influenced by sociocultural and sociopolitical forces and the associated prejudice and discrimination experienced by a particular migrant population. The …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, and PTSD Symptoms Among Male Offenders in Court-Ordered Diversion
… between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), attachment style, and PTSD symptoms were studied in a sample of adult male participants in a court-ordered diversion program. The sample consisted of 59 men, ranging in age from 19 to 68-years-old, who endorsed a history of at least one prior …
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Attachment and affect motivated eating behavior in an obese population: Maintenance versus relapse
… approach. Theoretically, disruptions in early attachment, through empathic failures on the part of the selfobject, interfere with internalization of self-soothing structures. consequently, when the self experiences intolerable affect, the self initiates some action to ameliorate it. In the case …
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Effect of Priming Attachment Styles on Gratitude in Close Relationships
… Studies have found that people who show secure attachment also tend to be high in trait gratitude, however, a direct causal relationship has yet to be established. It was hypothesized that secure attachment priming would enhance state gratitude more than other attachment primes. Furthermore, it …
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Understanding adolescent antisocial behaviour from attachment theory and coercion theory perspectives
… behaviour from two theoretical perspectives: attachment and coercion theories. Adolescents (N = 662, mean age: 15.8 years) completed measures of coping styles, attachment styles and coercive interactions (with mother and father), and rated their parents' use of hostile punishment and parental …
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I'm not all that: a look at the imposter phenomenon in intimate relationships
… experiencing the imposter phenomenon and their attachment styles within intimate relationships. The hypothesis was that individuals who score high on the Clance Imposter Phenomenon (IP) Scale (Clance, 1985) would perceive their relationship as less stable and that they were unworthy of their …
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Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Resiliency in Incarcerated Women: Attachment as a PTSD Moderator
… purpose of this study was to evaluate secure attachment as a form of resiliency and insecure attachment as a risk factor for developing post-traumatic stress. It was hypothesized that incarcerated female survivors of IPV would have a significantly higher proportion of CA than the proportion of …
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Panic disorder : exploration of attachment, heterogeneity and the regulation of anger
… styles. These two variables, which arise out of insecure attachment infancy, have been reported to be present in the histories of a large number of panic disorder patients. Furthermore, it was proposed that emotional issues, in particular anger suppression, which has been found to be a …
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Regression periods in infancy and maternal post-natal depression
… of participants at heightened risk of developing insecure mother-infant attachment: mothers presenting with symptoms of post-natal depression. Forty-five mother-infant dyads participated in this prospective, longitudinal study. After seeing mothers at home, they were interviewed weekly, for …
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