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].
Not exact matches
RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that long - term success (at least 5 % weight reduction by the 1 - year follow - up) versus failure (dropping out or less weight reduction) was significantly predicted by the set of psychosocial variables (family adversity, maternal depression, and
attachment insecurity) when we controlled for familial obesity, preintervention overweight, age, and gender of the index child and parental educational level.
Across both studies, the
insecurity prime
resulted in participants expressing sexual fantasies containing more themes of hostility and distancing (i.e., emotionless sex, a lack of romance and affection) relative to the security prime, and this occurred regardless of participant gender and
attachment style.
Results of Study 2 suggest that retrospective reports of maternal
attachment insecurity are associated with significantly higher LMS scores, anxious and depressive symptoms, adult romantic
attachment insecurity, and potentially high - risk relationship behaviors.
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].
Results indicated that
attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance), caregiving deactivation, and the interaction between
attachment anxiety and caregiving deactivation contributed uniquely to the prediction of meaning in life.
Commitment issues experienced within the context of an intimate relationship setting may be the
result of
attachment insecurity, which can manifest with three different thought patterns and behaviors:
The
results of this study, aggregating findings from 21 primary studies, indicated clearly that
attachment insecurity / disorganization is associated with CD / ODD.
More importantly, our
results demonstrate an interaction between dispositional
attachment insecurities and
attachment security that was temporarily activated to explore the link with emotion processing (Carnelley and Rowe, 2010).
The stages and steps of emotionally focused therapy are outlined below: Emotionally focused therapy can help people address
attachment - related
insecurities and learn how to interact with their romantic partners in more loving, responsive, and emotionally connected ways, which can
result in a more secure
attachment.
When it comes to love relationships,
Attachment Insecurity will often
result in Affairs and Addictions... which will likely lead to Heartbreak.
Participants were undergraduate students participating during the academic year; as Mikulincer and Shaver (2007b) have pointed out, examinations and other academic stressors may shift
attachment insecurity and were not controlled for in our study, potentially contributing to the mixed
results regarding the efficacy of the online program.
Similarly compelling
results have been obtained with maltreated infants, where baseline rates of
insecurity were over 90 % and where post-intervention
attachment security did not differ from that of non-maltreated infants.
Results suggest that higher levels of
attachment insecurity were associated with increased psychological symptoms, higher levels of cognitive vulnerabilities, and greater general and relationship impairments.
Our
results suggest that low self - compassion,
attachment insecurity and greater interpersonal problems are associated with greater levels of emotional distress in patients with mixed anxiety and depression.
The
results also showed that more specific symptoms of anxiety (i.e., OCD and PTSD) correlated not only with emotion dysregulation and
attachment insecurity but also with emotion understanding.