Perinatal Depression and Patterns of Attachment: A Critical Risk Factor?

Meuti, Valentina; Aceti, Franca; Giacchetti, Nicoletta; Carluccio, Giuseppe Mattia; Zaccagni, Michela; Marini, Isabella; Giancola, Orazio; Ciolli, Paola; Biondi, Massimo

doi:10.1155/2015/105012

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“…The four attachment categories in our study were obtained by clustering the two dimensions of anxiety and avoidance. This procedure was conducted in accordance with Meuti et al (2015). Due to methodological reasons, the dimensional measurement of attachment is functional for use in research (Fraley & Shaver, 2000).…”

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Insecure attachment predicts depression and death anxiety in advanced cancer patients

Scheffold

Philipp

Koranyi³

et al. 2017

Pall Supp Care

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The concept of attachment plays a relevant role in advanced cancer patients' mental health. Healthcare providers can benefit from knowledge of advanced cancer patients' attachment styles and how they relate to specific mental distress. Developing a better understanding of patients' reactions to feelings of dependency and distressing emotions can help us to develop individually tailored advanced cancer care programs and psychotherapeutic interventions.

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Insecure attachment predicts depression and death anxiety in advanced cancer patients

Scheffold

Philipp

Koranyi³

et al. 2017

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“…Most transition research investigating personal outcomes has targeted depressive symptoms. Longitudinal studies repeatedly reveal that highly anxious and highly avoidant individuals experience elevated and sometimes increasing depressive symptoms over the transition [41][42][43].…”

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Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the transition to parenthood

Simpson¹,

Rholes

2019

Current Opinion in Psychology

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In this article, we discuss theory and research on how people who have different adult romantic attachment orientations fare across one of life's often happiest, but also most chronically stressful, events-the transition to parenthood. We first discuss central principles of attachment theory and then review empirical research revealing how two types of attachment insecurity-anxiety and avoidance-tend to prospectively predict unique patterns of relational and personal outcomes across this often challenging life event. We also suggest how many of these findings can be understood within a diathesis-stress process model that has guided our own research on the transition to parenthood.

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“…Specifically concerning depression, attachment anxiety has been linked to depression in general [27,35], increased depressive symptoms in fathers in the perinatal period [36], and increased risk of postpartum depression in mothers [34,[37][38][39][40]. Attachment avoidance has also been associated with increased depressive symptoms in women postpartum [41]. In fact, meta-analytical data reveal an overrepresentation of both anxious and avoidant adult attachment mental models in a sample of depressed mothers, compared to that of non-clinical samples [42].…”

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Insecure Attachment and Other Help-Seeking Barriers among Women Depressed Postpartum

Cacciola

Psouni

2020

IJERPH

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When untreated, postpartum depression (PPD) can severely, negatively affect maternal health, child development, and the wellbeing and functioning of the entire family. Yet, despite screening and treatment programs for PPD, many women who experience depression with onset in the postpartum year do not communicate their symptoms. Negative relational experiences early in life, such as not receiving sensitive help and support when needed, often result in so-called insecure attachment styles, and there is evidence that these may contribute to the development and maintenance of PPD. However, the role of insecure attachment styles in non-help-seeking is unknown for this group. Using mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology, we identified help-seeking barriers of women who experienced depression with onset in the postpartum year but who had not sought help for their depression (N = 37), and explored links to their attachment orientations as assessed through both self-reported attachment style and narrative based attachment script assessment. The sample was non-normative regarding attachment, with an over-representation of avoidant attachment styles. Help-seeking barriers varied systematically with the mother’s adult attachment style. Specifically, convictions of a strong self and lack of trust in healthcare professionals constituted a common barrier among women with avoidant attachment styles, while unrealistic expectations about motherhood constituted a barrier for women with secure attachment styles. This new knowledge on how barriers to communicating symptoms and seeking help when suffering from PPD vary systematically with attachment orientation can help formulate individualized, and therefore more efficient, approaches to addressing non-help-seeking behavior in women who suffer in silence.

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Perinatal Depression and Patterns of Attachment: A Critical Risk Factor?

Cited by 18 publications

References 45 publications

Insecure attachment predicts depression and death anxiety in advanced cancer patients

Insecure attachment predicts depression and death anxiety in advanced cancer patients

Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the transition to parenthood

Insecure Attachment and Other Help-Seeking Barriers among Women Depressed Postpartum

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