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Attachment and Autonomy Problems in Adults With ADHD
Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012Objective: Attachment security and autonomy were examined in adults with ADHD. Insecure attachment and autonomy problems were expected to be negatively associated with general psychological functioning. Method: Questionnaires were administered (Relationship Questionnaire, Autonomy-Connectedness Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory) in 84 late-diagnosed ...
Koemans, R.G. +3 more
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Adult Attachment, Culturally Adjusted Attachment, and Interpersonal Difficulties of Taiwanese Adults
The Counseling Psychologist, 2009This study examines the applicability of Western adult attachment perspectives to interpersonal difficulties experienced by individuals with indigenous Chinese cultural backgrounds. A total of 275 Taiwanese university students completed self-report surveys of adult attachment, ideal attachment, and interpersonal problems. Culturally adjusted attachment
Chia-Chih DC Wang, Dominick A. Scalise
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Accentuating the positive in adult attachments
Attachment & Human Development, 2007This paper proposes that attachment theory, with its emphasis on stability and security, accentuates the positive aspects of affectional relationships and suggests a way to look at the process of adult psychotherapy. Attachment-based research has shown that positive attachment experiences are related to feelings of joy, comfort, and contentment ...
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Childhood Attachment and Adult Attachment in Incarcerated Adult Male Sex Offenders
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998Forty-eight incarcerated sex offenders were compared with 16 property offenders and 16 nonoffenders on self-report measures of childhood maternal and paternal attachment and adult attachment. The combined sex-offender groups reported significantly less secure maternal, paternal, and adult attachment than did the nonoffenders and significantly less ...
STEPHEN W. SMALLBONE, MARK R. DADDS
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Attachment, ethology and adult psychotherapy
Attachment & Human Development, 2004This article discusses Bowlby's development of an ethological-evolutionary perspective, and its implications for psychotherapy with adults. According to Bowlby, attachment behavior is instinctive, having emerged throughout the course of evolution to ensure protection and actual survival.
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Development and Validation of the Adult Attachment Scale: Assessing Attachment in Elderly Adults
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1990This study describes the development of a reliable and valid instrument that can be used to assess attachment in older adults: the Upson-Parra Adult Attachment Scale (LAAS).
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Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2010
It is widely assumed that, within the context of a stable developmental environment, relationship experiences in early life influence later ones. To date, however, there has been no longitudinal empirical evidence for the hypothesis that early maternal caregiving predicts adult attachment dynamics with peers and partners. The present longitudinal study
Vivian Zayas +3 more
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It is widely assumed that, within the context of a stable developmental environment, relationship experiences in early life influence later ones. To date, however, there has been no longitudinal empirical evidence for the hypothesis that early maternal caregiving predicts adult attachment dynamics with peers and partners. The present longitudinal study
Vivian Zayas +3 more
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Adult attachment and the brain
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2010Individuals in adult attachment relationships regulate one another via overt emotional and social behavior. Attachment-related styles of utilizing social support moderate these regulatory effects. In recent years, the social and affective neurosciences have begun to clarify how these processes are instantiated in the brain, including the likely neural ...
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Clinical Social Work Journal, 2007
This paper explores the concept of adult attachment. Although attachment theory is now getting a great deal of attention, there is not yet a clear picture of what it means to be attached in adulthood or what the clinical applications of the approach might be.
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This paper explores the concept of adult attachment. Although attachment theory is now getting a great deal of attention, there is not yet a clear picture of what it means to be attached in adulthood or what the clinical applications of the approach might be.
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