2022
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074181
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Anxiety in Attachment and Sexual Relationships in Adolescence: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract: Adolescence is characterized by several transformations, such as identity construction, progressive estrangement from parents, relational interest in peers, and body changes that also involve sexuality issues. In this process, attachment patterns play a fundamental role in relationships, and when these are dysfunctional, they can result in internalizing and externalizing problems. Often, females show their relational difficulties through internalizing expressions and males through externalizing expressions. Ad… Show more

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“…These dimensions are strongly associated with poorer dyadic trust: individuals with high levels of attachment anxiety and/or avoidance tend to access negative trust-related memories more easily, also showing a reduced capacity to adaptively cope with trust violations [ 52 , 58 , 59 ]. The rigidity and suspiciousness that characterizes EM may be a factor in generating vulnerability to the development of psychopathology, as theorized in previous studies [ 13 , 26 , 27 , 60 63 ]. The disposition to perceive others as untrustworthy is also associated with lower levels of mentalized affectivity, which may, in turn, hinder the ability to modify maladaptive beliefs and interpersonal schemata––thus the effectiveness of psychotherapy interventions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 76%
“…These dimensions are strongly associated with poorer dyadic trust: individuals with high levels of attachment anxiety and/or avoidance tend to access negative trust-related memories more easily, also showing a reduced capacity to adaptively cope with trust violations [ 52 , 58 , 59 ]. The rigidity and suspiciousness that characterizes EM may be a factor in generating vulnerability to the development of psychopathology, as theorized in previous studies [ 13 , 26 , 27 , 60 63 ]. The disposition to perceive others as untrustworthy is also associated with lower levels of mentalized affectivity, which may, in turn, hinder the ability to modify maladaptive beliefs and interpersonal schemata––thus the effectiveness of psychotherapy interventions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 76%
“…During adolescence, the role of these caregiving relationships profoundly alters (Santona et al, 2022 ). It is well established that one of the parents' functions during infancy is to support the child's ability to regulate their emotions (Santona et al, 2019 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The intensification of the expression of emotions as a signal for inconstant caregivers/partners together with negative expectations regarding their availability and their support (Gökdag, 2021 ) might lead anxious individuals to attempt to regulate their emotions through food (Wilkinson et al, 2018 ) instead of through social support. In fact, individuals with a higher level of anxious attachment could have a negative image of themselves as unlovable and could develop an attitude of distrust toward others (Santona et al, 2022 ). In our study, the relative higher preference for food pictures in anxious individuals is also in line with clinical studies showing a greater risk (Pace et al, 2022 ) and incidence of eating disorders in the anxious attachment (Tasca and Balfour, 2014 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%