Abstract Despite the growing attention brand credibility attracts in recent marketing literature, little is known about of place brands and their relationship with consumers’ loyalty. The present study builds on signalling attachment theory to investigate whether credible affect formation, subsequent word mouth (WOM) intention return. Survey data from an Alpine winter sport destination reveal t...

This study explores the relative contribution of the overall quality of attachment to the mother, to the father and to peers (Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment scales), the style of attachment towards peers (Attachment Questionnaire for Children scale), the social rank variables (submissive behavior and social comparison), and sex and age variables in predicting the depression score (Cent...

Liotti and Gilbert’s (2011) paper is exceptionally thought provoking. As we understand it, Liotti and Gilbert link attachment processes to mentalization in an evolutionary rather than an ontogenetic sense: attachment processes are seen as an avenue provided by evolution for the recovery of mentalization against a background of potential threats that can be mitigated by a relational experience o...

component of social science research in the past two decades (Goodchild et al. 2000). This is mainly due to recent advances in spatial technologies (especially GIS), the availability of a massive amount of geocoded data, and the recognition that space can be a powerful integrating framework for social science disciplines. In light of the growing significance of space, location, and place in soc...

The purpose of this study was to explore the role that perceived childhood attachment, family functioning and attribution styles have in social anxiety of high school students. 430 Iranian students were selected by multistage cluster sampling from high schools of Isfahan city. Participants completed measures of childhood attachment to each parent (Hazen and Shaver, 1986), the family adaptabilit...

This parameter reviews the current status of reactive attachment disorder with regard to assessment and treatment. Attachment is a central component of social and emotional development in early childhood, and disordered attachment is defined by specific patterns of abnormal social behavior in the context of "pathogenic care." Clinically relevant subtypes include an emotionally withdrawn/inhibit...

Historical fabrics are known as a national heritage and treasure which are full of spiritual and human concepts. However, we are witnessing that many of these historic districts are being forgotten, abandoned and destructed as the emotional relationship between human and its residing place is fading out. Sense of place is a concept which focuses on the emotional and internal relation between pe...