While several studies analyzed the impact of maternal
attachment insecurity on their children's psychological symptoms (sleep disorders, behavior problems)(20, 21), few studies focused on the effect on children / adolescents» somatic symptoms (22).
The effects of contextually activated
attachment insecurity on sexual fantasies.
Not exact matches
There has to be a way to write a compelling cover story
on attachment parenting without exploiting every woman's deepest
insecurities, pitting mothers against one another, and making this poor kid's future college life a nightmare!
I think
attachment parenting comes from
insecurity on the part of the parent, rather than the confidence that it takes to say, «I know what's best.»
(Alternating custody, e.g. week -
on / week - off, was associated with disorganized
attachment in 60 percent of infants under 18 months; older children and adults who had endured this arrangement as youngsters exhibited what the researcher described as «alarming levels of emotional
insecurity and poor ability to regulate strong emotion.»)
In today's episode you will hear about why
attachment matters, background thoughts
on insecurity and prevalence, brand new (to the US) and updated
attachment research and then we mostly focus
on how to apply all this knowledge with clients with
attachment issues, and ourselves.
You can challenge your
insecurities by choosing a partner with a secure
attachment style, and work
on developing yourself in that relationship.
In two additional studies, participants had feelings of
attachment security or anxiety subliminally primed with photos of either (1) a mother caressing and looking at her child (security prime) or (2) a mother who was turning her back
on a child who was crying (
insecurity prime).
Overall and McNulty point out that people high in
attachment anxiety tend to rely
on this communication style, because it assuages their
insecurities about the relationship, at least for a while.
Not «capitalizing»
on social capitalization interactions: The role of
attachment insecurity.
Briefly, researchers think of adult
attachment as a tendency to approach relationships in a particular way, primarily based
on experiences with childhood caregivers.2 Usually, researchers view
attachment in terms of the degree and kind of
insecurity (avoidance or anxiety) a person might have (see our earlier work for a full review of how
attachment styles play out in relationships).
It has also been shown that while isolated individual risk factors may not have a significant effect
on parent - child
attachment, the accumulation of adversity may result in sub-optimal relationship development and
insecurity of infant
attachment [12].
Specifically, the impact of day care
on attachment insecurity depends
on the social context (familial, cultural, societal) in which day care is experienced.
Recently, 88 interventions
on maternal sensitivity and infant security in 70 studies were included in a thoroughly extended and updated quantitative meta - analysis.6 This meta - analysis showed that interventions that specifically focused
on promoting sensitive parental behaviour appeared to be rather effective in changing insensitive parenting as well as infant
attachment insecurity.
Individuals high
on overdependent
attachment suffer from
insecurity in their orientations toward others and in social situations.
In examining the correlation between CD / ODD symptoms and
attachment insecurity, the weighted mean effect based
on 12 studies was r = 0.27, 95 % CI = 0.21 — .33, p < 0.001, Q = 28.163, p < 0.001.
Moderator analyses were conducted to address research question 7 using meta - regression procedures
on the association between CD / ODD symptoms and
attachment insecurity.
In a review of literature relevant to repeated
attachment secure priming, researchers expressed reservations regarding the effects of
attachment secure priming being independent of dispositional
attachment insecurities (Gillath et al., 2008); this suggestion is based
on a research (Mikulincer et al., 2002) which reported a clear interaction between the subliminal activation of the
attachment system (by presenting the word «abandonment») and chronic
attachment orientations.
Alternating custody, e.g. week -
on / week - off, was associated with disorganized
attachment in 60 percent of infants under 18 months; older children and adults who had endured this arrangement as youngsters exhibited what the researcher described as «alarming levels of emotional
insecurity and poor ability to regulate strong emotion.»
Interestingly, in a 2 - year longitudinal study
on a sample of college students, Hankin et al. (2005) found that experiencing additional interpersonal stressors over time mediates the relationship between
attachment insecurity and prospective increase in depressive and anxious symptoms.
This theory is based
on the premise that
attachment security develops when the caregiver is perceived as being responsible and caring whereas
attachment insecurity results when the caregiver is perceived as inconsistent in their responses and availability [2].
Although some studies found causal links in which psychological symptoms increase
attachment insecurity,
attachment insecurity can be viewed as a general vulnerability to mental disorders, with the particular symptoms depending
on genetic, developmental, and environmental factors [22].