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. Although the importance of secure interpersonal attachment as a protective factor for older adults has been well established ...
Dozier ME, Ayers CR.
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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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Behavioral interactions and emotional engagement with loss-related objects in bereavement: associations with grief symptom severity [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Grief involves attachment- related regulatory processes through which individuals adapt to separation from the deceased. Loss-related objects (i.e., emotionally significant belongings of the deceased) may reflect may reflect externalized ...
Gizem Cesur Soysal +4 more
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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.
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Attachment to Inanimate Objects and Early Childcare: A Twin Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Extensive nonmaternal childcare plays an important role in children's development. This study examined a potential coping mechanism for dealing with daily separation from caregivers involved in childcare experience—children's development of attachments ...
Keren eFortuna +4 more
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Object relations and attachment styles in adulthood [PDF]
Psihološka Obzorja, 2010 Attachment theory and object relations theory both describe interpersonal relationships from childhood throughout the life span. The goal of the research was to investigate the relatedness between dimensions of object relations and attachment styles in adulthood.
Gregor Žvelc
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Exploring the Relationship Between Transitional Object Attachment and Emotion Regulation in College Students [PDF]
HealthcareCheng-Hung Ko +2 more
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The Object Attachment Security Measure: Assessing Convergent and Divergent Validity, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Measurement Invariance Across Age, Gender, and Hoarding Severity [PDF]
AssessmentSharon Morein-Zamir, Keong Yap
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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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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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