Emotional and Sexual Maltreatment: Anxious Attachment Mediates Psychological Adjustment

Limke, Alicia; Showers, Carolin J.; Zeigler‐Hill, Virgil

doi:10.1521/jscp.2010.29.3.347

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“…It is important to note that exaggerated avoidant strategies can increase the symptoms associated with complex trauma (Bailey et al, 2007). Anxious and ATTACHMENT, SELF-ESTEEM AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING 61 avoidant attachment styles have been consistently linked to poor adjustment and greater levels of mental illness than other attachment styles (Limke, Showers & Zeigler-Hill, 2010). In this study 1,457 undergraduate students were analyzed to understand emotional maltreatment and insecure attachment.…”

Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this study 1,457 undergraduate students were analyzed to understand emotional maltreatment and insecure attachment. Researchers found that individuals who had experienced emotional and sexual trauma reported both anxious and avoidant insecure attachment styles (Limke et al, 2010).…”

Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As described by attachment theory, insecure attachment styles disrupt an individual's schema of themselves and cause stunting in psychosocial and emotional development (Bowlby, 1980;Crittenden, 1997). This implies that although individuals may have securely attached relationships in adulthood, they could have problems or concerns about their overall abilities and self-worth (Limke et al, 2010).…”

Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

Barnum

Perrone

2017

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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The current study is a quantitative exploration of the relationships between attachment security, childhood sexual trauma, sexual self-esteem, and subjective well-being. It was predicted that higher levels of secure attachment, lower presence of childhood sexual trauma and higher levels of sexual self-esteem would contribute to higher levels of subjective well-being. Participants were 213 undergraduate students at a Midwestern university. Theories of attachment (Bowlby, 1973) and well-being (Lent, 2004) provided a framework to guide the hypotheses of the present study. We hypothesized that higher attachment security would be related to higher sexual self-esteem and higher subjective well-being, and that participants who scored higher on a scale measuring childhood sexual trauma would have lower sexual self-esteem and lower subjective well-being. It was found that high levels of attachment security and sexual self-esteem predicted high levels of subjective well-being, whereas presence of childhood sexual trauma predicted lower levels of sexual self-esteem. Results from hierarchical regression analyses fully supported the hypotheses of the present study. Future research should analyze possible coping mechanisms that may contribute to subjective well-being restoration as well as coping efficacy.

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Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

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Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

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Perrone

2017

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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“…Secure attachment, on the other hand, was found to be associated with psychological well-being (e.g., Dieperink, Leskela, Thuras, & Engdahl, 2001). Furthermore, there is evidence that insecure or disorganized attachment may partly account for the relationship between earlier trauma, such as child abuse, and later psychopathology (Bifulco et al, 2006;Hankin, 2005;Limke, Showers, & Zeigler-Hill, 2010;Muller, Thornback, & Bedi, 2012).…”

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Changes in attachment representations during psychological therapy

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Rietzschel

Danquah

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Psychotherapy Research

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“…Research has even proposed attachment as a mediating force (e.g., Cheng & Mallinckrodt, 2008;El-Sheikh & Buckhalt, 2003;Limke, Showers, & Zeigler-Hill, 2010;Lindsey, Caldera, & Tankersley, 2009). That is, the development of a secure attachment (i.e., being low in attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance) may serve as a "filter" through which the experience of negative life events (e.g., perception of sibling inequality) affects subsequent functioning.…”

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Unequal Treatment by Mothers and Fathers Matters Differently for Daughters and Sons

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Limke

Jones

2013

Marriage & Family Review

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Research in attachment has yet to examine the differential effects of unequal treatment by mothers versus unequal treatment by fathers and how unequal treatment affects daughters and sons differently. Moreover, research examining the link between differential treatment and relationship outcomes such as jealousy in romantic relationship has suggested that romantic attachment may mediate this process but has not effectively examined this association. In the current study, researchers found that for daughters, unequal control (but not affection) by mothers (but not fathers) predicted jealousy. For sons, unequal affection (but not control) by mothers (but not fathers) predicted jealousy. For sons, attachment mediated the relationship between differential maternal affection and jealousy in romantic relationships.

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Emotional and Sexual Maltreatment: Anxious Attachment Mediates Psychological Adjustment

Cited by 37 publications

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Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

Attachment, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being Among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma

Changes in attachment representations during psychological therapy

Unequal Treatment by Mothers and Fathers Matters Differently for Daughters and Sons

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