These brain changes could also be used to predict how mothers
scored on the attachment scale.
This 36 - item self - report measure of AAS yields continuous
scores on attachment anxiety (18 items, e.g. «I often worry that my partner will not want to stay with me»; from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree) and attachment avoidance (18 items, e.g. «I find it difficult to allow myself to depend on romantic partners») dimensions.
Although an interaction was established between the type of care (institutional vs. family) and genetic moderation factors, with a protective factor of the 5HTT / allele genotype for high
scores on attachment disorganisation in institutionalized children, the authors noted that it is not clear if genetic factors can protect some children in adverse environments or if the experience of being raised in these environments can alter the expression of the gene.
Maternal Sensitivity and foster mothers with little prior experience predicted higher
scores on attachment quality.
Not exact matches
Of interest is the comparison between the Scottish nationalists and the Welsh nationalists, the latter of whom
score low
on personal
attachment, which therefore is unlikely to be simply the result of nationalism.
Hoffman also found that owners, regardless of gender, age or race, had a greater
attachment to their dogs when the animals
scored high
on trainability and separation - related problems.
These changes, which were still present two years after birth, predicted women's
scores on a test of maternal
attachment, and were so clear that a computer algorithm could use them to identify which women had been pregnant.
What's more, the team found that the mothers»
scores on a standard test that gauges the degree of a mom's
attachment to her infant could be predicted to a significant degree based
on the changes in their gray matter volume during pregnancy.
An ever - growing body of research
on SEL in afterschool shows that students who participate in high - quality afterschool programs that incorporate SEL see significant improvements in grades, test
scores,
attachment to school and positive behavior.
On the other hand, a low
score could indicate negative financial data in the public records section including judgments, foreclosures, suits, wage
attachments, bankruptcies, state and federal tax liens, and past - due child support.
Your payment history also includes bankruptcies, judgments, suits, liens, and wages
attachments (garnishments) related to accounts
on your credit file will severely affect your FICO
Scores.
In contrast,
scores on the liveliness and
attachment scales of the Budapest Canine Personality Survey, as well as
scores on the Dog - ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) Rating Scale, were not predicted by country.
The results of 129 surveys (80 relinquishing and 49 continuing) showed that relinquishers
scored lower
on companion animal
attachment than continuing owners.
Indeed, a German study involving a small sample of grandparents found that individuals with an avoidant
attachment had lower
scores on both social integration and physical health than secure individuals (Wensauer and Grossmann 1995).
The
score on dismissing
attachment was greater for African Americans, F (1,795) = 4.51, p <.05.
People high in
attachment anxiety, those who desire intense closeness with a partner but fear rejection and are highly attentive to relationship threats, monitor their partners more closely
on Facebook.4 In general, especially during young adulthood, women tend to
score higher
on attachment anxiety than do men.5 In our study, we found that
attachment anxiety explained gender differences in partner monitoring in response to feelings of jealousy.
Participants who
scored high
on attachment avoidance found responsive partners to be less sexually desirable than did participants who were low in avoidance.
The analyses that is done
on classification tool, lead to decision making in person
attachment style, while the analyses that is done
on scoring measures lead to decision making about the proportion of dimension degrees (that is security, avoidance, ambivalent) that exist in all persons much or less.
Each dimension has 18 items, to be
scored on a Likert scale, ranging from 1 to 7, with higher
scores indicating higher levels of insecure
attachment on the respective dimension.
This distribution generally falls in line with the expectation that lower
scores on the two insecure scales will be accompanied by higher
scores on secure
attachment.
As noted previously in our manuscript, we measure
attachment with a three - dimensional scale which allows for the potential that one could
score high
on secure
attachment and either (or both) insecure
attachment dimensions.
A child «s
score on the RADQ can be used to estimate the severity of his / her
attachment disorder, and may indicate whether the child experiences an anxious, avoidant, or ambivalent type of
attachment disorder.
A
score of four, that is a positive relation to the child
on all four items, was taken as showing good maternal
attachment.
The higher
score on the PSROM subscale of the MPRS indicates that participants were, as instructed, reporting
on a parasocial romantic
attachment.
Specifically, children who experience high - quality, stable child care engage in more complex play, demonstrate more secure
attachments to adults and other children, and
score higher
on measures of thinking ability and language development.
According to Amir Levine, avoidants tend to end their relationships more frequently, have higher rates of divorce, and
score the lowest
on every measure of closeness in contrast with the other
attachment types.
Total
scores were the sum of responses
on items relevant to the anxious and avoidance dimensions, such that higher
scores on each dimension indicated a less secure
attachment style.
Conversely, individuals with
attachment anxiety
score higher
on the
attachment anxiety dimension, (Mikulincer et al., 2003) display a preference for seeking acceptance from and proximity with others, fear rejection and abandonment, and have a negative self - image along with a positive other - image.
The relationship with Mania is harder to interpret but it could be that since the Anxious insecure
attachment style is the least common style and as such it is likely that there were relatively few in the sample, and consequentially participants
scored too low
on this scale to have the expected effect.
Individuals who
score high
on either the anxious (self) or avoidant (other) axis can be considered to have an «insecure»
attachment schema.
Scores on the anxious
attachment dimension were also negatively related to this love style, however collectivism positively predicted it.
In tests of the main study hypotheses, the experimental group showed a significant decrease in
attachment anxiety after the online program, t (25) = 4.69, p <.001, d = 1.03, but no decrease in
attachment avoidance, t (25) = -0.96, p =.35, d = 0.19, and there was no significant difference between the two study groups
on either change in anxiety
scores, controlling for baseline avoidance, F (1, 47) = 0.39, p =.54, η2p =.008, or change in avoidance
scores, controlling for baseline anxiety, F (1, 47) = 0.49, p =.49, η2p =.010, from pre-test to post-test.
Individuals who
score low
on both dimensions are considered secure with respect to
attachment, whereas individuals who
score high
on one or both dimensions are considered to be insecure.
Attachment anxiety and avoidance were accurately measured by the paradigm when compared to scores on the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR - R; Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000) questionnaire, a validated measure of adult a
Attachment anxiety and avoidance were accurately measured by the paradigm when compared to
scores on the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR - R; Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000) questionnaire, a validated measure of adult
attachmentattachment.
Adults with a high
score on the avoidant
attachment dimension find it difficult to trust and to allow themselves to depend
on their partners and would rather remain self - contained (Ho et al., 2012).
Participants were categorised into one of four
attachment styles (secure, dismissing, fearful or preoccupied) according to the
scores they obtained
on the two ECR - R subscales, anxiety and avoidance.
Mean
scores for negative adjectives for parents» relationship based
on gender and
attachment style.
The adult
attachment could be measured based
on scores on the three subscales.
The secure
attachment is characterized by high
scores on AAS subscales «close» and «depend» and a low
score on AAS subscale «anxiety.»
Participants
scored higher
on the ST - IAT after watching a video coherent with their
attachment style.
Furthermore, modest but significant positive correlations were found between behavioral inhibition,
attachment quality, and anxious and controlling rearing behaviors
on the one hand, and anxiety
scores on the other hand.
Adolescents were divided into four groups
on the basis of their parent and peer
attachment scores: those high
on both, those low
on both, those high
on peer but low
on parent
attachment, and those high
on parent but low
on peer
attachment.
General indices regarding mental health of mothers have been associated with their children's sleep, and less well - organized sleep patterns have been noted in children from poorly functioning families.113) Mothers of children with sleep disturbances exhibited much higher psychological stress than did controls, obtaining increased
scores on all factors of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).114) Children's sleep quality significantly predicted that of their mothers, with maternal sleep quality associated with stress and fatigue.115) Moreover, infants of mothers with low levels of depression and anxiety were more likely to recover from sleep problems than those with high levels of depression and anxiety after controlling for the influence of
attachment patterns.116) Sleep disturbances in early childhood were positively related to negative maternal perceptions of their child, 117) potentially interfering with the development of beneficial parent - child interactions.
The avoidant
attachment is characterized by low
scores on all three subscales.
The anxious
attachment is characterized by a high
score on the AAS subscale «anxiety» and moderate
scores on the subscales «close» and «depend.»
In order to examine the factorial structure of children's
attachment to mother scale, we conducted factorial analysis
on the basis of
score of
attachment to mother from the 346 children in 4th, 5th and 6th grade.
In contrast, most fathers in families where the mothers
scored high
on the EPDS seemed to establish joyful relationships with their children and secure child - father
attachment 15 — 18 months postpartum, as if the father «compensated» for the mothers» depressive symptoms.
On both scales, patients with an organized
attachment status
scored higher.
Children with secure
attachment showed that higher RF was significantly associated with higher
scores on some CAI subscales, namely «Emotional openness» and «Coherence» (Ensink, 2004).
Among methods employing story completion, the well - validated Manchester Child
Attachment Story Task (MCAST: Goldwyn et al. 2000; Green et al. 2000) explores attachment representations in 5 - to 7 - year - old children, providing both an attachment classification and continuous scores on qualities such as engagement and arousal of the child during participation in the task, attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorg
Attachment Story Task (MCAST: Goldwyn et al. 2000; Green et al. 2000) explores
attachment representations in 5 - to 7 - year - old children, providing both an attachment classification and continuous scores on qualities such as engagement and arousal of the child during participation in the task, attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorg
attachment representations in 5 - to 7 - year - old children, providing both an
attachment classification and continuous scores on qualities such as engagement and arousal of the child during participation in the task, attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorg
attachment classification and continuous
scores on qualities such as engagement and arousal of the child during participation in the task,
attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorg
attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorganization.