Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor and is predicted by heightened CV reactivity to stress in healthy individuals. Patients with hypertension also show an altered stress response, while insecure attachment is linked to a heightened stress reactivity as well. This is the first study aiming to assess attachment representations in patients with primary hypertension and to inves...

INTRODUCTION This research examines the interrelations of attachment security, feelings towards the self, and attributions about others in middle childhood. METHODS Five-to nine-year-old children (n=176) completed the Separation Anxiety Test, which provided a measure of attachment security and a puppet interview was used to assess feelings towards the self. A subset of 89 participants receive...

Insecure attachment has been linked to depression and to outcome in psychotherapy. The neural mechanisms subserving the relationship between attachment security and depression are not well understood. We have developed a method to examine attachment-related brain activity in depression. Twenty-eight women, half depressed, viewed images of their mother, a female friend, and female strangers duri...

This study investigated theoretically predicted links between attachment style and a physiological indicator of stress, salivary cortisol levels, in 124 heterosexual dating couples. Cortisol was assessed at 7 points before and after an experimental conflict negotiation task, creating a trajectory of stress reactivity and recovery for each participant. Growth modeling of cortisol data tested hyp...

Abstract Group cohesion is an important factor in group therapy as it influences treatment outcomes and processes. One’s attachment style has been found to impact experiences of cohesion, however research into this relationship substance use disorder (SUD) lacking. This particular concern insecure presentations are more prevalent clinical population often choice. The current study sought determ...

This study examined the relation between insecure attachment and depression in a sample of 140 children (69 boys and 71 girls; ages 6 to 14) whose parents have a history of major depressive episodes. In addition, we examined whether this relation was moderated by excessive reassurance seeking. Children completed measures assessing insecure attachment to parents, excessive reassurance seeking, a...

This present study aimed to investigate the association effect of obesity status, physical symptom, insecure attachment, and depression on psychological well-being in non-diabetic healthy Koreans. Height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, and socio-psychological questionnaires (insecure attachment, depression, and physical symptom psychological well-being, etc.) were examined in 123 ...

The current study was intended to explore the dynamics of attachment relationships with caregivers formed during childhood and influence this on well-being emerging adults. It hypothesized that insecure (avoidant & anxious) style mother/father is negatively correlated subjective among adults (18-25 years old). Furthermore, in predicts decreased sample comprised N = 403 undergraduate student...

OBJECTIVE To study the processes by which donor-conceived children incorporate donor conception into their subjective sense of identity. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Family homes. PATIENT(S) Nineteen donor-conceived adolescents. INTERVENTION(S) Administration of an interview and questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) The mother-child relationship was assessed through the Friends an...