2024
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303652
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Attachment as a mechanism influencing end-of-life communication: An analogue investigation

Holly E. Evans,
Ursula M. Sansom-Daly,
Richard A. Bryant

Abstract: Talking about dying when faced with end-of-life may be important for achieving optimal outcomes for young people and their families. Given the lack of research on young people’s communication around end-of-life and death, this analogue study examined the role of attachment theory in conversations about dying. Experiment 1 assessed attachment security of 80 healthy young adults and randomised them to receive either an induction that raised awareness of one’s attachment figures or a neutral induction, and then p… Show more

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