Intergenerational Transmission of Relational Styles: Current Considerations

Taccini, Federica; Rossi, Alessandro; Mannarini, Stefania

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672961

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“…We could understand this style of functioning has an important relationship with the way they learnt at their family of origin about parenting. We found in trigenerational elements [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ], the opportunity to address therapeutic efforts, when families holding the functioning styles described throughout this article are identified. From these findings, we believe it is needed to refine screening instruments to identify this type of family.…”

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“…By saying this, we postulate such characteristics observed through the analysis we conducted here, are somehow generalizable to other parents. Among the mentioned maintaining factors we cannot ignore the fact that the same genetic components exist for patients and for parents, who in turn have the same predispositions in the sense of how each member of the family will be determined by their own family’s trajectory [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ], which leads us to less determined variables that could be participating in the predisposition, precipitation, and perpetuation of AN. By saying this, we do not mean in any way to blame parents for their children’s disorder, nor to find the reason why the disorder occurs in families holding this style of functioning.…”

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Maintaining Factors of Anorexia Nervosa Addressed from a Psychotherapeutic Group for Parents: Supplementary Report of a Patient’s Therapeutic Success

García-Anaya

Caballero-Romo

González-Macías

2022

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(1) Background: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder (ED) where up to 30% of individuals remain unresponsive to treatments, whether they partially respond, or do respond and later relapse. It has been broadly reported how presenting maladaptive family functioning and communication style contributes to treatment drop-out, poor treatment compliance, and poor long-term outcomes. We studied the mother and father of a patient with AN, binge-purge subtype (according to DSM-IV TR) who achieved remission after her parents but not her attended an intervention through a psychotherapy group for parents (PGP). (2) Methods: We previously reported this patient’s case report, and now, through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach, we aimed to explore the understanding and meanings ascribed by the mother and father to their experience at the PGP and to their daughter’s clinical and functional improvement. (3) Results: We identified two main stages along the process: one related to the presence of maintaining factors of their daughter’s disorder, and the other related to the emergence of a reflective function and to the implementation of behavioral, emotional and cognitive changes. (4) Conclusions: The interview revealed both parents’ experience at the PGP promoted a change process, where they were able to modify their previous style of communication and functioning, and to identify them as a contributors to maintain their daughter’s disorder. Reflective function (RF) emerged in the mother and father throughout the psychotherapeutic process. Both parents also revealed some elements that were intergenerationally transmitted, that affected three generations and contributed to maintaining the ED. We observed the multilevel open-group structure of the PGP, enhancing the mother’s and father’s change process.

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confidence: 99%

Maintaining Factors of Anorexia Nervosa Addressed from a Psychotherapeutic Group for Parents: Supplementary Report of a Patient’s Therapeutic Success

García-Anaya

Caballero-Romo

González-Macías

2022

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“…Furthermore, future studies should investigate the possible relationship between dysfunctional relational styles and antisocial personality disorder only mentioned here. In addition, future studies, as well as clinical interventions, should strongly consider that relational competence and styles could be transmitted from one generation to another one [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 51 , 66 , 79 , 80 ].…”

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“…One way to achieve this goal could be by creating a strong therapeutic alliance that may represent a testing ground for subsequent relationships [ 79 ]. Another strategy would be to work with early benevolent memories to counterbalance negative relational exchanges of the past [ 80 , 81 ]. Additionally, psychological interventions on relational competence and styles include exercises and homework assignments [ 51 , 82 ].…”

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Women and Violence: Alexithymia, Relational Competence and Styles, and Satisfaction with Life: A Comparative Profile Analysis

Mannarini

Taccini

Rossi

2021

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Background: This research investigates the two sides of violence by profiling female interpersonal violence offenders (IVO) and female interpersonal violence victims (IVV). These groups of women have been compared on three key variables within the context of violence: satisfaction with life (SWL), alexithymia, and relational styles—defined according to the Relational Competence Theory (RCT). Regarding the latter, the experience of functional or dysfunctional relational styles in childhood and adult relationships has been evaluated and compared with both groups of women. Methods: This study involved 131 women: IVO (n = 41; enrolled in a penitentiary), IVV (n = 41; enrolled in an anti-violence center), and a control group (CG; n = 49; enrolled from the general population). Profile analysis was performed. Results: Female IVO showed low SWL, high levels of alexithymia, and a pattern of mixed relational styles with both parents and the current partner. Female IVV revealed low SWL, low levels of alexithymia and dysfunctional relational styles with both parents and current partner. Women from the CG showed high SWL, absence of alexithymia and functional relational styles with both parents and current partner. Conclusions: The profiles outlined in this study are extremely informative regarding alexithymia, relational styles, and SWL in both female IVV and IVO. Clinical interventions for both groups of women should be developed relying on these results.

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“…Repeated and cyclical exposure to violence, as well as the constant state of fear to which victims are exposed, contribute to the onset of post-traumatic symptoms among victims. Furthermore, due to the violence experienced, victims can present depression, anxiety, problematic substance abuse and suicide attempts 14–20. The severity of women’s symptoms appears to be associated with their ability to regulate emotions21–23 that corresponds to their awareness and their ability to employ adequate emotion regulation strategies according to environmental and social stimuli 24–26.…”

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Women’s EmotionS, Trauma and EmpowErMent (W-ES.T.EEM) study protocol: a psychoeducational support intervention for victims of domestic violence – a randomised controlled trial

2022

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Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread phenomenon that affects the physical and mental well-being of victims. Several barriers prevented sufferers from receiving face-to-face interventions. These obstacles increased with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and online psychological intervention can represent a valid solution to increase the well-being of IPV victims. This manuscript describes the study protocol for a single blind randomised controlled trial that examines the efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention for IPV victims that integrates dialectical behavioural therapy and the empowerment approach. Methods and analysis Eighty-six women who were victims of IPV during the COVID-19 outbreak will be recruited by the Interdepartmental Center for Family Research (CIRF) staff from the several antiviolence centres located in Italy. Participants will be randomly allocated to the Women’s EmotionS, Trauma and EmpowErMent experimental group or the treatment as usual control condition. Both interventions will be administered individually to each woman. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Padua (protocol no 4300). Written informed consent will be obtained from all research participants before study entry. Study results will be published as peer-reviewed articles. Any relevant protocol changes will be reported in the published articles. The results will be reported anonymously. Trial registration number NCT12880309.

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Intergenerational Transmission of Relational Styles: Current Considerations

Cited by 10 publications

References 64 publications

Maintaining Factors of Anorexia Nervosa Addressed from a Psychotherapeutic Group for Parents: Supplementary Report of a Patient’s Therapeutic Success

Maintaining Factors of Anorexia Nervosa Addressed from a Psychotherapeutic Group for Parents: Supplementary Report of a Patient’s Therapeutic Success

Women and Violence: Alexithymia, Relational Competence and Styles, and Satisfaction with Life: A Comparative Profile Analysis

Women’s EmotionS, Trauma and EmpowErMent (W-ES.T.EEM) study protocol: a psychoeducational support intervention for victims of domestic violence – a randomised controlled trial

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