Adult Attachment and Mindfulness on Mental Health: A Systematic Research Synthesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Jaurequi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Research Synthesis ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Relationship Processes ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Interest in the relationship between adult attachment and mindfulness has mushroomed over the past decade. Yet the associations between adult attachment and mindfulness related to mental health is less understood. This article provides a systematic research synthesis to elucidate the relationship between adult attachment, mindfulness, and mental health. Findings from 10 empirical articles identified that anxious and avoidant attachment and mindfulness together related to depression, anxiety, psychological functioning, and cortisol response. The effects of adult attachment and mindfulness on mental health is an exciting area for research and practice that can be advanced by the inclusion of key romantic relationship processes and partners within longitudinal or experimental study designs.

Attachment to God and Quest as Moderators of the Relationship between Religious Doubt and Mental Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712199240
Author(s):  
Noah S. Love ◽  
Cassidy A. Merlo ◽  
M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽  
Peter C. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Positive Mental Health ◽  
Attachment To God ◽  
Religious Doubt ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined attachment to God and quest as potential moderators of the relationship between religious doubt and mental health. A sample of Christian participants ( N = 235) completed a survey which included measures of attachment to God, quest, religious doubt, and mental health. As hypothesized, attachment to God and quest significantly moderated an individual’s experience of religious doubt. Low avoidant attachment to God (i.e., a more secure attachment) was associated with a more negative relationship between cognitive religious doubt and positive mental health than high avoidant attachment. In contrast, low avoidant attachment to God also ameliorated the positive relationship between affective religious doubt and mental health problems. Low anxious attachment was associated with a stronger negative relationship between both measures of religious doubt (i.e., cognitive and affective) and positive mental health. In addition, high soft quest weakened all four of the relationships between measures of religious doubt and mental health. High hard quest ameliorated the positive relationship between both measures of religious doubt and mental health problems. These results indicate that an individual’s attachment to God and the way an individual is oriented toward religion each play a role in the mental health outcomes associated with religious doubt.

Cause and effect in studies on unemployment, mental health and suicide: a meta-analytic and conceptual review

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 909-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Milner ◽  
A. Page ◽  
A. D. LaMontagne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Temporal Relationships ◽  
Causal Assumptions ◽  
Confounder Adjustment ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundThere are ongoing questions about whether unemployment has causal effects on suicide as this relationship may be confounded by past experiences of mental illness. The present review quantified the effects of adjustment for mental health on the relationship between unemployment and suicide. Findings were used to develop and interpret likely causal models of unemployment, mental health and suicide.MethodA random-effects meta-analysis was conducted on five population-based cohort studies where temporal relationships could be clearly ascertained.ResultsResults of the meta-analysis showed that unemployment was associated with a significantly higher relative risk (RR) of suicide before adjustment for prior mental health [RR 1.58, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.33–1.83]. After controlling for mental health, the RR of suicide following unemployment was reduced by approximately 37% (RR 1.15, 95% CI 1.00–1.30). Greater exposure to unemployment was associated with higher RR of suicide, and the pooled RR was higher for males than for females.ConclusionsPlausible interpretations of likely pathways between unemployment and suicide are complex and difficult to validate given the poor delineation of associations over time and analytic rationale for confounder adjustment evident in the revised literature. Future research would be strengthened by explicit articulation of temporal relationships and causal assumptions. This would be complemented by longitudinal study designs suitable to assess potential confounders, mediators and effect modifiers influencing the relationship between unemployment and suicide.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA HARAPAN DAN KUALITAS HUBUNGAN PADA DEWASA MUDA YANG SEDANG MENJALANI HUBUNGAN PACARAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Fenny Indrawati ◽  
Riryn Sani ◽  
Jessica Ariela
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
As Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Hope

<p class="abstrak"><em>Abstract —</em><em> Dating is an exclusive relationship between an individual and his or her partner. This romantic relationship is of great importance for individuals in early adulthood. Furthermore, recent studies found that related problems in dating can decrease an individual's mental health. Therefore, individuals need high hope to effectively resolve conflicts and maintain the relationship well. While going through a romantic relationship, individuals can evaluate their relationships positively or negatively, termed as relationship quality. This study aims to examine whether hope correlates with relationship quality on 200 young adults who are currently in a dating romantic relationship. The present study is a quantitative study using The Hope Scale and The Perceived Relationship Quality Component as measuring instruments. The result shows that there is a significant relationship between hope and relationship quality. In other words, with higher hope, relationship quality will be higher, and vice versa. Other related findings are discussed.</em></p><p class="abstrakCxSpFirst">Abstrak — Pacaran merupakan hubungan eksklusif yang dijalani oleh individu dan pasangannya. Hubungan pacaran sangat penting bagi dewasa muda. Terlebih lagi, studi-studi terkini menemukan bahwa permasalahan terkait hubungan pacaran dapat menurunkan kesehatan mental individu. Oleh karena itu, individu membutuhkan harapan yang tinggi untuk dapat menyelesaikan konflik dengan efektif dan menjaga hubungan pacarannya dengan baik. Ketika menjalani hubungan romantis, individu juga dapat mengevaluasi hubungan pacarannya secara positif ataupun negatif yang disebut dengan kualitas hubungan. Studi ini bertujuan untuk meneliti apakah harapan<em> </em>memiliki korelasi dengan kualitas hubungan kepada 200 dewasa muda yang sedang menjalani hubungan pacaran. Penelitian dilakukan secara kuantitatif dengan menggunakan instrumen yaitu <em>The Hope Scale </em>dan <em>The Perceived Relationship Quality Component. </em>Hasil menunjukkan bahwa adanya hubungan signifikan antara harapan<em> </em>dan kualitas hubungan. Dengan kata lain, semakin tinggi harapan<em>, </em>maka semakin tinggi juga kualitas hubungan, dan sebaliknya. Penemuan lain yang berkaitan dengan harapan<em> </em>dan kualitas hubungan juga turut didiskusikan.</p>

scholarly journals Machiavellianism and Adult Attachment in General Interpersonal Relationships and Close Relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Ináncsi ◽  
András Láng ◽  
Tamás Bereczkei
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Distance Regulation ◽  
The Relationship

Up to the present, the relationship between Machiavellianism and adult attachment has remained a question to be answered in the psychological literature. That is why this study focused on the relationship between Machiavellianism and attachment towards significant others in general interpersonal relationships and in intimate-close relationships. Two attachment tests (Relationship Questionnaire and long-form of Experiences in Close Relationship) and the Mach-IV test were conducted on a sample consisting of 185 subjects. Results have revealed that Machiavellian subjects show a dismissing-avoidant attachment style in their general interpersonal relationships, while avoidance is further accompanied by some characteristics of attachment anxiety in their intimate-close relationships. Our findings further refine the relationship between Machiavellianism and dismissing-avoidant attachment. Machiavellian individuals not only have a negative representation of significant others, but they also tend to seek symbiotic closeness in order to exploit their partners. This ambitendency in distance regulation might be particularly important in understanding the vulnerability of Machiavellian individuals.

The Association Between Perceptions of Social Support and Maternal Mental Health: A Cumulative Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah O. Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Married Mothers ◽  
Biological Fathers ◽  
Time Invariant ◽  
The Relationship

The question of how to best measure family processes so that longitudinal experiences within the family are accurately captured has become an important issue for family scholars. Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( N = 2,158), this article focuses on the association between trajectories of perceived supportiveness from biological fathers and mothers’ mental health problems 5 years after a birth. The relationship status between mothers and biological fathers is significantly related to her perceptions of his supportiveness, with married mothers reporting the highest levels of supportiveness followed by mothers in cohabiting unions, romantic non-coresidential unions, and, finally, mothers not in a romantic relationship. Controlling for both time-varying and time-invariant maternal and relationship characteristics, a positive slope of perceived supportiveness from biological fathers is associated with fewer subsequent mental health problems 5 years after the birth. The discussion calls attention to alternate modeling strategies for longitudinal family experiences.

scholarly journals Effect of being religious on wellbeing in a predominantly atheist country: Explorative study on wellbeing, fitness, physical and mental health

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Kopecky ◽  
Silvia Boschetti ◽  
Jaroslav Flegr
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Being Religious

Despite a large volume of research on the impact of religion on different aspects of life, there is still a lack of studies from post-communist countries. In the current study, we aimed to fill this gap by investigating the relationship between religion and wellbeing, physical and mental health, education, sexual behavior and biological fitness among the Czech population. We managed to collect responses from 31633 participants and divided the sample into seven categories based on the type of religious belief and denomination (nonbelievers, believers without denomination, Catholics, Evangelicals, Hussites, Buddhists, Jews). We focused on the wellbeing as our main factor, which we define as composed of a number of sub-variables: physical and mental health, economic situation, self-attractiveness and the quality of the romantic relationship. In contrast to previous studies, we found a negative correlation between religiosity and physical and mental health. On the other hand, religiosity was connected to higher fitness, higher self-rated honesty and altruism, and lower sexual activity, which is in accord with the data from the western countries. Our findings suggest that even though Czechs had experienced years of oppression during the Communist regime, religion and religious beliefs still have considerable impact on their quality of life.

scholarly journals Configurations of Adult Attachment, Indicators of Mental Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13385
Author(s):  
María Dolores Méndez-Méndez ◽  
Yolanda Fontanil ◽  
Yolanda Martín-Higarza ◽  
Natalia Fernández-Álvarez ◽  
Esteban Ezama
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, attachment and adult mental health has been pointed out in a large amount of studies. In a sample of 339 women receiving support from mental health and social services, this research analyzed the association between three adult attachment variables (fear of rejection or abandonment—FRA; desire for closeness—DC; preference for independence—PI) and four mental health indicators. After dichotomizing these variables, we constructed eight configurations of attachment and examined their association with mental health indicators. BAB people (those below the median in FRA, above in DC and below in PI) obtained the most favorable scores in mental health, whereas the ABA configuration (above the median in FRA, below in DC and above in PI) was the least favorable. The association between attachment configurations and mental health indicators was different to what might be expected, aggregating the effects of individual attachment variables. When analyzing the relationship between configurations and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), women with an ABA configuration reported the highest number of ACEs and eight ACE types had a higher-than-expected contingency coefficient. In conclusion, these findings suggest that certain adult attachment configurations are associated with a greater number of ACEs and poorer mental health indicators in adult women.

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