Deconstructing the association between the pygmalion phenomenon, attachment anxiety, and relationship dissatisfaction

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Larson ◽  
Jessica Borelli
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Anxiety

The Relationship Between Texture Responses on the Rorschach and Adult Attachment

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunori Iwasa ◽  
Toshiki Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Japanese Population ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Sensitive Measure ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the relationship between texture responses (T) on the Rorschach and adult attachment in the Japanese population. 47 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students (mean age = 20.16, SD = 1.87) completed a self-report adult attachment scale as well as the Rorschach. An ANOVA revealed that T = 1 participants were attached more securely than were other groups. T > 1 participants were more preoccupied with attachment and scored higher on an attachment anxiety scale than the T = 1 group. Although these results were consistent with the interpretation of the texture response according to the Comprehensive System (CS), the results obtained for T = 0 participants were inconsistent with hypotheses derived from the CS. T = 0 participants were high on preoccupied and attachment anxiety scores, although they were theoretically expected to be high on dismissing or attachment avoidance. These results indicated that – at least in Japan – T should be regarded as a sensitive measure of attachment anxiety.

Attachment Anxiety Mitigates the Well-Being Costs of Object Attachment

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Lucas A. Keefer ◽  
Zachary K. Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Past Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
State Study ◽  
Object Attachment ◽  
Diary Methods ◽  
State Variation

Abstract. Clinical and personality research consistently demonstrates that people can form unhealthy and problematic attachments to material possessions. To better understand this tendency, the current paper extends past research demonstrating that anxieties about other people motivate these attachments. These findings suggest that although object attachment generally correlates with poorer well-being, it may attenuate well-being deficits associated with insecurity about close relationships. The current paper presents two studies using converging correlational ( N = 394) and diary methods ( N = 413) to test whether object attachments’ association with poorer well-being is moderated by relationship uncertainties. We find that both trait (Study 1) and state (Study 2) insecurities about others eliminated, and in some cases reversed, the negative psychological correlates of object attachment. These effects, however, were only observed when focusing on between-person variation in both studies; within-person analysis demonstrated that state variation in object attachment predicted better psychological well-being. These results highlight a need for more nuanced studies of object attachment and well-being.

Attachment Anxiety and Rejection Threat Influence Intentions to have Unprotected Sex

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Hickey ◽  
Katherine L. Waller ◽  
Tara K. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Attachment Anxiety

The role of attachment anxiety and avoidance for reduced interpersonal problems in training group analytic therapy.

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Kai Leitemo ◽  
Hanne Sofie Berg Vestbø ◽  
Jan Vegard Bakali ◽  
Helene A. Nissen-Lie
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Analytic Therapy

Attachment anxiety and trauma history uniquely and interactively predict adjustment during and following deployment among military partners.

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Borelli ◽  
Nicole M. Froidevaux ◽  
Asal Yunusova ◽  
David A. Sbarra
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Trauma History

Pet Attachment and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Jane Douglas ◽  
Mun Yee Kwan ◽  
Kathryn H. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Interpersonal Theory ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Interpersonal Theory Of Suicide ◽  
Pet Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: Pet ownership is often assumed to have mental health benefits, but the effect of pets on suicide risk has a scant literature. Method: Using the interpersonal theory of suicide, we examined the relationships between perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, overall attachment to one’s pet (quality of the relationship), pet attachment avoidance (distrustful of the relationship) or anxiety (afraid of abandonment), and suicide risk. Three hypotheses were investigated: 1) higher levels of attachment would be associated with lower suicide risk via lower levels of thwarted belongingness/perceived burdensomeness, 2) lower levels of pet attachment would be associated with higher levels of suicide risk via attachment avoidance/attachment anxiety, and 3) attachment avoidance/anxiety would be associated with higher suicide risk via thwarted belongingness/perceived burdensomeness. Undergraduates (N = 187) completed surveys and indirect effect analyses were utilized. Results: Higher overall attachment was associated with decreased attachment anxiety, which was associated with lower suicide risk. Attachment anxiety was correlated with increased suicide risk. Overall attachment, attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety were not found to indirectly affect suicide risk. Conclusions: Findings suggest that pet ownership may provide both protective and deleterious effects in a nonclinical sample.

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