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Object attachment as we grow older. [PDF]

Curr Opin Psychol, 2021
Extreme object attachment in adults can form as a way to compensate for a lack of interpersonal attachment or as a symptom of hoarding disorder; however, normative levels of object attachment also exist across the lifespan.
Dozier ME, Ayers CR.
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Redefining object attachment: Development and validation of a new scale. [PDF]

J Behav Addict, 2022
Background and aims: Object attachment is the emotional bond or connection that we have with possessions. Although thought to be ubiquitous, when excessive, object attachment is presumed to contribute to compulsive buying and hoarding problems ...
David J, Norberg MM.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Object attachment and emotions in hoarding disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2020
Background and aims: Object attachment is a core feature of hoarding disorder (HD), but it also occurs in people without HD. It is therefore critical to clarify differences between normal and abnormal object attachment.
Keong Yap, Jessica R. Grisham
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Object attachment: Humanness increases sentimental and instrumental values. [PDF]

J Behav Addict, 2018
Background and aims: People who hoard form intense attachments to their possessions and save items for sentimental and instrumental reasons. Feeling socially excluded may encourage these individuals to anthropomorphize objects (i.e., perceive them as ...
Kwok C, Grisham JR, Norberg MM.
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A psychological ownership approach to designing object attachment [PDF]

Journal of Engineering Design, 2015
A PSYCHOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP APPROACH TO DESIGNING OBJECT ATTACHMENT A psychological ownership approach to designing object attachment (-
Weston Baxter, Marco Aurisicchio, Peter R N Childs   +2 more
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Exploring the Relationship Between Transitional Object Attachment and Emotion Regulation in College Students. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Background/Objectives: Transitional attachment objects, such as blankets, play a critical role in childhood by helping children manage separation anxiety and regulate emotions.
Ko CH, Liang YT, Liao YC, Chen HF.
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The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment: A response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro

Group Analysis, 2021
In this commentary I argue that the European Union has been functioning as an insecure object of collective attachment for large parts of the European population for many years.
Antigonos Sochos
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Transitional object use, attachment, and help‐seeking behaviour in Taiwanese adolescents

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2019
Background: Transitional object use is psychologically beneficial for young children, but research suggests that maintaining transitional object use into middle childhood may be associated with negative behaviour.
Steven D Stagg
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An online experimental test of the compensatory process in hoarding disorder: reducing loneliness and its effects on object attachment

Current Psychology
Attachment theory suggests that strong object attachment in hoarding disorder (HD) may be due to an attempt at compensating for unmet relatedness needs.
Keong Yap, Kiara R Timpano, Norman B Schmidt   +2 more
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Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Paternal Postnatal Attachment Scale

Asian Nursing Research, 2023
S U M M A R Y: Purpose: The study aimed to translate the Paternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (PPAS) into Korean and to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the PPAS (K-PPAS).
Yookyung Choi, Suk-Sun Kim
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