Research links early life trauma with insecure attachment (e.g. Murphy et al. 2014) and research also suggests an association
between attachment insecurity and parenting stress (Kwako et al. 2010).
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.
They used two dimensions of attachment to study the relationship
between attachment insecurity and violent anger in adult love relationships.
Another contributing factor to the putative relationship
between attachment insecurity and lower levels of mindfulness may be attentional control, which can be thought of as the general capacity to regulate attention in relation to positive as well as negative emotional processes (Derryberry & Reed, 2002).
Not exact matches
Studies have shown links
between insecurity and obesity, early trauma and obesity, and even how
attachment styles can affect eating behaviors.
Insecurity in the pockets
between texting, calling, and being together could be an indicator of insecure
attachment — something that's best explored further with your therapist.
Potential explanations for the association
between maternal PDS and childhood aggression include poor parenting styles (e.g., unsatisfactory breastfeeding and undesirable sleep practices) and maternal
attachment insecurity for their infants (Field, 2010; Jones, Cassidy, & Shaver, 2015; Murray & Cooper, 1997).
Numerous studies, across various disciplines, have highlighted the association
between early
attachment insecurity and mental health difficulties in adulthood (Hart, (2011) The Impact of A
attachment insecurity and mental health difficulties in adulthood (Hart, (2011) The Impact of
AttachmentAttachment.
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.
Overall, this study has provided support for a partial association
between CD / ODD and
attachment insecurity / disorganization.
The standardized mean difference in
attachment insecurity between individuals with and without CD / ODD was large.
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.
The main finding from this study indicated that there is a moderate relationship
between CD / ODD symptoms and
attachment insecurity.
Characteristics of studies included in analysis of the degree of association
between CD / ODD and
attachment insecurity (research question 3)
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.
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).
Attachment insecurity moderates the relationship
between disease activity and depressive symptoms in ulcerative colitis.
For instance, depression symptoms may strengthen associations
between couples»
attachment insecurity and sense of intimacy or
between intimacy and conflict (Marchand, 2004).
Egeland and Sroufe1 pointed out the dramatically negative impact of neglecting or abusive maternal behavior for
attachment and personality development, for which they accumulated unique prospective evidence in later phases of the Minnesota study.2 What do we know about the association
between child maltreatment and
attachment, what are the mechanisms linking maltreatment with
attachment insecurity and disorganization, and what type of
attachment - based interventions might be most effective?
Beyond confirming that self - reported early risk exposure was associated with a more sexualized romantic self - concept, greater numbers of relationships, and greater
attachment insecurity, «Study 1» confirmed a hypothesized four - way interaction
between gender, early risk, romantic self - concept, and
attachment style.
While the dimensional approach may be statistically advantageous [51] the classification system distinguishes
between various ways of manifesting
attachment insecurity and this has led to the recognition of the preoccupied
attachment style, which is regarded as the strongest single predictor of later psychopathology [50].
This study's objective was to evaluate
attachment insecurity as a moderator of the association
between IPV victimization and risk of psychiatric symptoms.
Structural equation modeling was conducted to evaluate the association
between IPV victimization and posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and to examine IPV exposure and psychiatric outcomes by levels of
attachment insecurity.