Attachment Security in Infancy and Early Adulthood: A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Study

Waters, Everett; Merrick, Susan; Treboux, Dominique; Crowell, Judith A.; Albersheim, Leah

doi:10.4324/9780203449523-4

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“…Recent research provides evidence of a moderate degree of correspondence between early childhood and adult attachment representations. Studies by Waters, Merrick, Treboux, Crowell, and Albersheim (2000) and Klohnen and Bera (1998) have shown important security-insecurity correspondences between infancy and adulthood, as well as possibilities of change according to life experiences. Weinfield, Sroufe, and Egeland (2000) provided evidence of lawful discontinuity (i.e., discontinuity that can be explained according to the main tenets of attachment theory) of attachment styles from infancy into early adulthood.…”

Section: Continuity Of Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree: Attachment Styles and Personality Vulnerabilities to Depression in Three Generations of Women

Besser

Priel

2005

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

102

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The intergenerational transmission of attachment insecurity was examined in a community sample of 300 participants consisting of 100 three-generation triads of women. It was hypothesized that personality vulnerabilities mediate the association between attachment insecurity and depression within each generation. Findings show significant intergenerational congruence of trait vulnerabilities and attachment styles. Moreover, the second generation's attachment dimensions and personality vulnerabilities were found to mediate the association between first- and third-generation scores on attachment and vulnerability variables. Findings supported the following hypothesized within- and between-generation paths: Within generations, self-criticism was found to mediate the association between attachment insecurity and depression; between generations, depression, but not self-criticism, mediated the association between assessments of attachment insecurity in mothers and their daughters. This study constitutes a first approach to the delineation of the role played by self-criticism in the association between negative models of the self and depression across generations.

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Section: Continuity Of Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree: Attachment Styles and Personality Vulnerabilities to Depression in Three Generations of Women

Besser

Priel

2005

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

102

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“…For example, many battered women report love for their partner as their reason for staying married (Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Schlee, Monson, ehrensaft, & Heyman, 1998), for returning to their partner (Griffing et al, 2002;Stackman, 1997), or for not getting a restraining order (Zoellner et al, 2000), all of which suggests the importance of emotional attachments to the partner. Fourth, given the potential similarity between current and early attachment relationships (Waters, Merrick, Treboux, Crowell, & Albersheim, 2000), early attachment relationships also undoubtedly play a role in a battered woman's perceptions of her partner and of her experience of IPV. Thus, ranging from secure attachment to dismissing attachment (associated with compulsive self-reliance), to preoccupied attachment (associated with dependency), to unresolved and fearful attachment (associated with aggression toward others; Lyons-Ruth & Jacobvitz, 1999), a woman's attachment style would presumably also be related to her views of the relationship (Shurman & Rodriguez, 2006).…”

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Predicting Stages of Change in Battered Women

Alexander

Tracy

Radek

et al. 2009

J Interpers Violence

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Battered women's stages of change (SOCs) are examined in this study. First, confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were conducted on 754 battered women's responses on the Problems in Relationship Scale (Brown, 1998). Factor loadings were strong, and latent variable mixture modeling produces a two-class solution. Second, comparisons of women (including a subset of 276) suggest that they were relatively advanced in SOC. SOC was unrelated to intimate partner violence experiences, but an earlier stage was associated with ethnicity, economic and emotional dependence, preoccupied attachment, satisfaction with social supports, and women's use of aggression. Implications for interventions and future research are described.

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“…Attachment orientation is a psychological construct that conceptualises individuals' expectations and beliefs around personal relationships (Bowlby, 1960(Bowlby, , 1969(Bowlby, , 1982. It is developed in early childhood in response to interactions with caregivers (Bowlby, 1969) and whilst there is room for deviation, it generally persists into adulthood, acting as a template or prototype for adult attachment (Chopik et al, 2017;Waters et al, 2000).…”

Section: What Is Attachment and How Does It Relate To Health?mentioning

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Reconsidering a role for attachment in eating disorder management in the context of paediatric diabetes

Oldham-Cooper

Semple

Wilkinson

2021

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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We suggest a reconsideration of the role of ‘attachment orientation’ in the context of eating disorders and paediatric diabetes. Attachment orientation is a psychological construct that describes a relatively stable set of expectations and behaviours an individual relies upon in managing relationships. There is considerable evidence of an association between attachment orientation and the development and maintenance of disordered eating in individuals without diabetes, though evidence is more scant in populations with diabetes. We discuss the underpinning theory and critically examine the existing literature for the relationship between attachment orientation and disordered eating in paediatric diabetes. Finally, we draw on adjacent literatures to highlight potential future directions for research should this area be revisited. Overall, we contextualise our discussion in terms of patient-centred, holistic care that addresses the mind and body (i.e., our discussion of attachment orientation assumes a psycho-biological approach).

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Attachment Security in Infancy and Early Adulthood: A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Study

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree: Attachment Styles and Personality Vulnerabilities to Depression in Three Generations of Women

The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree: Attachment Styles and Personality Vulnerabilities to Depression in Three Generations of Women

Predicting Stages of Change in Battered Women

Reconsidering a role for attachment in eating disorder management in the context of paediatric diabetes

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