Attachment Style Questionnaire

Feeney, Judith A.; Noller, Patricia; Hanrahan, Mary U.

doi:10.1037/t29439-000

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“…Depression and anxiety severity were rated using the Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [ 41 ] and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [ 42 ], respectively. The Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) [ 43 ], which yields scores for five scales or dimensions, was used to assess attachment style. The confidence scale of the ASQ reflects secure attachment, and the other four scales (discomfort, approval, preoccupied and secondary) represent particular aspects of insecure attachment.…”

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A Voxel-Based Morphometric MRI Study in Young Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder

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BackgroundIncreasing evidence has documented subtle changes in brain morphology and function in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, results of magnetic resonance imaging volumetry in patients with BPD are inconsistent. In addition, few researchers using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) have focused on attachment and childhood trauma in BPD. This preliminary study was performed to investigate structural brain changes and their relationships to attachment and childhood trauma in a homogenous sample of young adults with BPD.MethodWe examined 34 young adults with BPD and 34 healthy controls (HCs) to assess regionally specific differences in gray matter volume (GMV) and gray matter concentration (GMC). Multiple regressions between brain volumes measured by VBM and attachment style questionnaire (ASQ) and childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ) scores were performed.ResultsCompared with HCs, subjects with BPD showed significant bilateral increases in GMV in the middle cingulate cortex (MCC)/posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)/precuneus. GMC did not differ significantly between groups. In multiple regression models, ASQ insecure attachment scores were correlated negatively with GMV in the precuneus/MCC and middle occipital gyrus in HCs, HCs with more severe insecure attachment showed smaller volumes in precuneus/MCC and middle occipital gyrus, whereas no negative correlations between insecure attachment and GMV in any region were found in BPD group. In addition, CTQ total scores were not correlated with GMV in any region in the two groups respectively.ConclusionsOur findings fit with those of previous reports of larger precuneus GMV in patients with BPD, and suggest that GMV in the precuneus/MCC and middle occipital gyrus is associated inversely with insecure attachment style in HCs. Our finding of increased GMV in the MCC and PCC in patients with BPD compared with HCs has not been reported in previous VBM studies.

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“…While in this study, only CTQ total score was used, which ranges from 28 to 140. All the psychological measures used in this study have shown good reliability and validity [ 43 – 45 ].…”

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“…The Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Feeney, Noller and Hanrahan, 1994) is a 40-item self-report measure completed by the adolescent that assesses attachment style across the dimensions of Secure (8 items) and Insecure attachment (32 items: Discomfort with closeness (10), Need for approval (7), Preoccupation with relationships (8), and Relationships as secondary (to achievement) (7)). Participants are asked to rate the degree to which they agree with each item from 1 = totally disagree to 6 = totally agree.…”

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“…Sub-scores were computed for Insecure-avoidant attachment (Relationships as secondary and Discomfort with closeness: scores ranging from 17–102) and Insecure-anxious attachment (Need for approval plus Preoccupation with relationships: scores ranging from 15–90). The ASQ has been found to have good psychometric properties with young people (Feeney et al, 1994).…”

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Improvements in Interpersonal Functioning Following Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with Adolescents and their Association with Change in Depression

Spence

O’Shea

Donovan

2015

Behav. Cogn. Psychother.

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The findings are consistent with the proposed underpinnings of interpersonal psychotherapy. Adolescents showed significant improvements in interpersonal functioning and changes in attachment style following treatment, and changes in social skills, parent-adolescent conflict and attachment style were associated with reductions in depression. As such, the results add to the body of knowledge regarding the construct validity of interpersonal psychotherapy as an intervention for depression in young people. Clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…As a result, the parent's adult attachment model may bias perceptions of the child and the quality of parent‐child relationships. Accordingly, high scores on confidence and low scores on insecure attachment were related to low levels of family conflict (Feeney, Noller & Hanrahan, ). Parents and adolescents who were securely attached exhibited low levels of dysfunctional anger and high levels of constructive engagement (Kobak, Cole, Ferenz‐Gilles, Flemming & Gamble, ).…”

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Contribution of parents' adult attachment and separation attitudes to parent‐adolescent conflict resolution

García-Ruiz

López

Hernández‐Cabrera

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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This study examined the contribution to parent-adolescent conflict resolution of parental adult attachment styles and attitudes toward adolescent separation. Questionnaires were completed by 295 couples with early to late adolescent children. Structural equation models were used to test self and partner influences on conflict resolution for three attachment orientations: confidence (model A), anxiety (model B) and avoidance (model C). Model A showed self influences between parents' confidence orientation and negotiation and also via positive attitudes towards separation. Also, the fathers' use of negotiation was facilitated by the mothers' confidence orientation and vice versa, indicating partner influences as well. Model B showed self influences between parents' anxiety orientation and the use of dominance and withdrawal and also via negative attitudes towards separation. Model C showed self influences between parents' avoidance orientation and dominance and withdrawal, and a partner influence between fathers' avoidance and mothers' use of dominance. The results indicated that the parents' adult attachment system and the parenting system were related in the area of conflict resolution, and that self influences were stronger than partner influences.

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Attachment Style Questionnaire

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A Voxel-Based Morphometric MRI Study in Young Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder

A Voxel-Based Morphometric MRI Study in Young Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder

Improvements in Interpersonal Functioning Following Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with Adolescents and their Association with Change in Depression

Contribution of parents' adult attachment and separation attitudes to parent‐adolescent conflict resolution

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