The Interpersonal Antecedents of Attachment Security in Early Adulthood [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: The relevance of adult attachment security for physical and emotional wellbeing is increasingly evident. Developing a better understanding of the interpersonal antecedents of secure attachment in childhood and adolescence could ...
Julie A. Blake +3 more
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Effects of attachment security priming on women’s math performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionActivating people’s sense of attachment security can buffer against psychological threats. Here we tested whether security priming can also buffer the adverse effects of stereotype threat among women.MethodThree studies (a pilot study (N = 79
Antonio Soares De Almeida +3 more
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The Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Social Anxiety and Attention Bias: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Background: Although the clinical utility of attachment security priming has been suggested in recent years, the effect of attachment security priming on social anxiety and its core symptoms (i.e., attention bias) remains unspecified.
Shuang Zhang +4 more
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Attachment disorder symptoms in foster children: development and associations with attachment security [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023 Background Children in foster care constitute a risk population for developing symptoms of attachment disorders. However, little is known about the longitudinal course of attachment disorders and their association with attachment security in foster ...
Josephine D. Kliewer-Neumann +6 more
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A Family Systems Perspective on Attachment Security and Dependency to Mother and Father in Preschool: Differential and Reciprocal Effects on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 Attachment security and dependency play a decisive role for children’s mental health. From a family systems perspective, reciprocal effects of dyadic attachment to each parent within the same family on child symptomatology may well offer additional ...
Alexandra Iwanski +5 more
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The effects of attachment security priming on posttraumatic appraisals among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Research has shown strong links between attachment insecurity and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Individuals with insecure attachment are more likely to have internal working models that are associated with appraisals important in PTSD,
Sally Hopwood +2 more
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Attachment security and striatal functional connectivity in typically developing children [PDF]
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2021 Attachment security is formed through interactions with a main caregiver during the first three years of life and reflects inter-individual differences in mental representations for the relationship.
Eun Jung Choi +5 more
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Serial mediation pathways linking attachment security to loneliness: the role of self-disclosure quality and perceived social support among college students [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundLoneliness among college students has reached epidemic proportions, yet the specific behavioral and environmental mechanisms through which attachment security protects against loneliness remain unclear.
Hong Guo +4 more
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Attachment Security Priming Affecting Mating Strategies Endorsement among College Students [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2022 Exposure to environmental cues reflecting potential threats to future survivability is associated with a stronger endorsement of short-term mating strategies. Less is known, however, about the effects of safety and security cues.
Maximiliane Uhlich +3 more
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Aggression And Attachment Security [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 Objective: The aim of the present study is to examine the factors related aggression in Iranian and Indian school children. Method: Attachment security (dependency, availability, and total) considered as the variable.
Prem Verma, Bibi Zahra Talebi
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