Adult attachment internal working model of self and other in Chinese culture: Measured by the Attachment Style Questionnaire — Short Form (ASQ-SF) by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT)

Coach–Athlete Attachment and the Subjective Well-Being of Athletes: A Multiple-Mediation Model Analysis

“…First, it was found that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance toward coaches were negatively correlated with the SWB of athletes, which is an interesting result that is consistent with the conclusions of other researchers [ 4 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. In the Chinese cultural context, the coach–athlete relationship is an important source of attachment for athletes and has an inevitable effect on the SWB of athletes; as the proverb goes, “one day as a teacher, a life as a father.” Unlike for the typical coach–athlete relationship [ 28 ] in which the athlete spends time at their own home and sees the coach for a smaller portion of the day (save for when the team travels), Chinese athletes considered in the current study live together with their coaches all day, and the coach–athlete relationship can also moderately affect the life satisfaction and emotional experience of athletes [ 21 ]. Athletes with higher attachment avoidance devote less emotion to their relationships with coaches and maintain spiritual and emotional isolation from coaches.…”

“…Coach–athlete attachment is a unique type of attachment, so the mechanism of its effect on the SWB of athletes can be explored via the internal working model of attachment [ 27 ]. The internal working model theory of attachment holds that attachment, as the emotional link between one and the targets of attachment, affects an individual’s social adaptation and satisfaction with life primarily through the mediation of the internal working model [ 28 ], which consists of two components: the perception of social support acquired from others, and the attitude and evaluation of the self [ 29 , 30 ]. The perception of social support acquired from others, namely the perceived social support, refers to the degree of support that is subjectively felt and understood [ 31 ].…”

A scalable cognitive behavioural program to promote healthy sleep during pregnancy and postpartum periods: protocol of a randomised controlled trial (the SEED project)

“…Infant sleep (Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire [42]) and social support (PROMIS Instrumental and Emotional Support [43]) will be assessed and examined as covariates. The following constructs will also be measured and explored as predictors and/or mechanisms of treatment outcomes: vulnerability to insomnia under stress, using the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test [44], beliefs and attitudes about sleep, using the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Scale [45], sleep effort, using the Glasgow Sleep Effort Scale [46], chronotype, using the Reduced Morningness Eveningness Questionnaire [47], patients’ perceived credibility and expectancy of treatment, using the Credibility Expectancy Questionnaire [48], general relationship/attachment style, using the Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire – Short Form [49], maternal mentalising and reflective functioning, using the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire [50], and frequency and usefulness of using each intervention component [51].…”

The Impact of Attachment on Depression in Married Seniors: Chain Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem and Rumination

“…Chinese traditional culture is rooted in the concept of raising children to care for their parents in old age, which makes natural attachment with their children an inherent ideology for seniors in China (Wei et al, 2011(Wei et al, , 2020. However, collectivism objectively requires Chinese seniors to establish intimate social links with other relations (Chui and Leung, 2016). Thus, the attachment of Chinese seniors is very important to their mental health, which has unique cultural roots.…”