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).
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.
Maternal attachment insecurity is a potent predictor of depressive symptoms in the early postnatal period.
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).
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.
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.
Maternal depressive disorder and contextual risk: Contributions to the development of
attachment insecurity and behavior problems in toddlerhood.
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?
Licata M, Zietlow AL, Träuble B, Sodian B, Reck C.
Maternal emotional availability and its association with maternal psychopathology, attachment style insecurity and theory
Maternal emotional availability and its association with
maternal psychopathology, attachment style insecurity and theory
maternal psychopathology,
attachment style
insecurity and theory of mind.