Relations between Attachment, Resilience, and Earned Security in Japanese University Students

Abstract

This study investigated the relations between attachment, resilience, and earned security in Japanese university students. It was hypothesized that resilience would have a positive relationship with attachment and that people who had an insecure attachment style but high resilience would also have high earned security. An earned security scale was developed, based on the Naikan thought scale and attachment theory. The earned-security scales, a resilience scale, and an internal working model scale were administered to 343 university students. Three trends were apparent: (1) positive correlations between secure attachment scores and resilience scores; (2) negative correlations between insecure ambivalent attachment scores and resilience scores, but people classified in the ambivalent attachment cluster and high resilience group had higher earned security; and (3) avoidant attachment scores had negligible correlations with resilience and earned security.

“Partner in Prime”? Effects of repeated mobile security priming on attachment security and perceived stress in daily life

“…Such effect would be important to document also from a clinical perspective, as increased self-compassion may enhance compliance to challenging intervention (Rowe, Shepstone, Carnelley, Cavanagh, & Millings, 2016). Second, we assessed emotional resilience, as it is considered both a precondition and a product of stress perception, appraisal, and coping (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007;Shibue & Kasai, 2014). In addition, it has previously been argued that earned attachment security later on in life, for instance through experiences with a supportive partner, may take their expression in heightened levels of self-reported resilience, while other features of the attachment working model may still be suggestive of insecure attachment (Shibue & Kasai, 2014).…”

“…Second, we assessed emotional resilience, as it is considered both a precondition and a product of stress perception, appraisal, and coping (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007;Shibue & Kasai, 2014). In addition, it has previously been argued that earned attachment security later on in life, for instance through experiences with a supportive partner, may take their expression in heightened levels of self-reported resilience, while other features of the attachment working model may still be suggestive of insecure attachment (Shibue & Kasai, 2014). This suggests that potential benefits from security priming may be reflected in increased emotional resilience even in the absence of changes in attachment security.…”

Resilience linked to personality dimensions, alexithymia and affective symptoms in motor functional neurological disorders

“…In individuals faced with adverse life events, reduced resilience is associated with increased rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and poor prognosis(23, 24). Other factors commonly associated with resilience include attachment style, spirituality, the tendency to experience positive emotions, and family and social support structures(25, 26).…”

The roles of attachment and resilience in perceived stress in medical students

“… 20 Similarly, the connection between attachment and resilience has been captured by several studies which found that students with higher anxious attachment had lower resilience. 13 , 21 In the current study we want to further expand this line of research by investigating the relationship between attachment, perceived stress, and resiliency in medical students.…”