The relationship of adult attachment dimensions to pain-related fear, hypervigilance, and catastrophizing

Pain ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lachlan A. McWilliams ◽  
Gordon J.G. Asmundson
Keyword(s):  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attachment Dimensions

Different effects of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 3028-3050
Author(s):  
Leying Zheng ◽  
Yadan Luo ◽  
Xu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attachment Dimensions ◽  
Significant Moderator

Although insecure adult attachment is thought to be associated with depressive symptoms, results of research on the link between attachment dimensions (attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance) and depressive symptoms have been inconsistent. The aim of this study was to use meta-analysis to examine the strength of the correlations between the two attachment dimensions and depressive symptoms. A total of 64 papers and 78 independent samples were included in this meta-analysis. Results showed significant associations between both attachment dimensions and depressive symptoms. Additional analyses indicated that attachment anxiety was more strongly related to depressive symptoms, whereas attachment avoidance was weakly related to depressive symptoms. Cultural orientation and sex were found to moderate the relationship between attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms. Age was a significant moderator of the relationships between both attachment anxiety and avoidance and depressive symptoms. Results of the meta-analysis and the implications were discussed.

Affective, Behavioral, and Social-Cognitive Dysregulation as Mechanisms for Sexual Abuse Revictimization

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine J. Lutz-Zois ◽  
Carolyn E. Roecker Phelps ◽  
Adam C. Reichle
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attachment Dimensions

Using a sample of 1,117 female college students, this study examined emotional, behavioral, and social-cognitive mechanisms of sexual abuse revictimization. It was hypothesized that numbing, alexithymia, alcohol problems, mistrust, and adult attachment dimensions would mediate the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adult sexual abuse (ASA). Aside from the close adult attachment dimension, the results indicated that all of the hypothesized mediators were associated with CSA. However, only alcohol problems and mistrust met the necessary conditions of mediation. The results with respect to mistrust are especially unique in that it is one of the first empirical demonstrations of a social-cognitive mechanism for sexual abuse revictimization. Thus, these results enhance our understanding of interpersonal mediators of the relationship between CSA and ASA and provide a new direction for future research.

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