Browsing by Subject "Attachment"
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Conditions leading to unresolved attachment status for loss and the role of complicated grief
(2012-05)A central goal of this study is to better understand why some mothers become unresolved with respect to experiences of loss whereas others do not. Adults are considered to be unresolved with respect to loss if they display ... -
Differences in dating relationships : an examination of attachment, disclosure, and relational uncertainty
(2013-05)This study assessed the associations between adult attachment, disclosure, and relational uncertainty in both cyclical and non-cyclical dating relationships using a sample of 114 participants. The analysis revealed ... -
Effects of parental divorce on children in relation to development and attachment style
(2010-05)Extensive research on the impact of divorce on children has been conducted. Much of this research emphasizes negative findings. Debate over the factors that exacerbate or alleviate these negative findings exists, and ... -
An examination of the relationship between attachment and loss : the role of meaning-making
(2014-08)This dissertation examined the relationship between attachment insecurity and complicated grief by testing a path model of variables that were hypothesized to mediate this relationship. Three meaning-making variables were ... -
Hours of nonmaternal care and infants’ proximity-seeking behavior in the strange situation
(2012-12)Robertson and Bowlby (1952) found that prolonged separations from the mother lower the extent to which infants seek proximity to their mother. Although prolonged separations are no longer common today, some infants experience ... -
Not just about food : an attachment perspective on feeding
(2016-08)In infancy feeding is a central part of the mother-infant relationship and contributes greatly to the creation of an emotional bond between them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of mother-infant ... -
Parents’ joint attachment representations and caregiving : the moderating role of marital quality
(2017-06-23)This study examined how mothers’ and fathers’ joint attachment representations, assessed prenatally, predict parent’s caregiving behavior with their 8-month olds. Adults’ representations of their relationships with their ... -
The relation of adult attachment security to changes in maternal parenting behaviors : a parenting intervention study
(2011-08)The goal of the current study was to examine the impact of mothers’ attachment classification on their ability to change their parenting beliefs and behaviors over the course of a parenting intervention program. Results ... -
Toward a developmental origin of the predictors of health : how representations of childhood are associated with well-being in adulthood
(2012-12)In this study I explored whether the way adults think about their early childhood is related to their perception of control, coping strategies, and health outcomes. The participants (N=78) in this study were administered ... -
Trajectories, predictors, and adolescent health outcomes of childhood weight gain : a growth mixture model
(2014-12)Obesity, as defined as BMI at or above the 95th percentile on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s growth charts, has increased almost 3-fold among children in the United States since 1980. Overweight in ... -
When East meets West to address shame and treat insecure attachment
(2017-05)Attachment theory provides evidence that infants and children who perceive insufficient care and attunement tend to develop emotional, social, and behavioral deficits (Bowlby, 1969, 1973, 1988; Ainsworth, 1989). The hidden ...
