Insecure attachment as a predictor of outcome following inpatient trauma treatment for women survivors of childhood abuse

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Stalker ◽  
Robert Gebotys ◽  
Kim Harper
Keyword(s):  
Women Survivors ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Trauma Treatment

scholarly journals Dangerous Abusive Relationships and Sources of Resilience for South Asian Immigrant Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bushra Sabri ◽  
Shreya Bhandari ◽  
Anuja Shah
Keyword(s):  
Women Survivors ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Asian Immigrant ◽  
Drug Problems ◽  
South Asian Immigrant

This study explored South Asian immigrant women survivors’ perspectives on intimate partner relationships that could lead to severe violence or a homicide and sources of resilience for South Asian immigrant survivors in the United States. The study recruited 16 South Asian immigrant survivors for in-depth interviews and focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Survivors shared some characteristics of dangerous partner such as controlling behavior, anger issues, infidelity, alcohol and drug problems, and history of childhood abuse. Incidents of severe physical abuse, threats to kill, possession of a weapon, and suspicious behavior led survivors to feel fearful for their lives. Sources of resilience in the community (e.g., support from formal sources of help) and at the individual level (e.g., education) were discussed. The needs for culturally informed services and to generate awareness of services among South Asian immigrants were highlighted.

Insecure attachment and depression in adulthood

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
E. Kuftyak ◽  
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A. Slusarev ◽  
M. Ivanitskaya ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Behavioral Repertoire ◽  
Attachment Insecurity ◽  
Generalized Model ◽  
The Relationship

The article provides an overview of insecure attachment and depression studies in adulthood. The relationship between childhood abuse, the development of insecure attachment, maladaptive personality traits, behavioral repertoire, and affective disorders is indicated. The generalized model of attachment insecurity associated with affective pathology in adulthood is suggested.

Improved Attachment Style for Female Veterans Who Graduated Warrior Renew Sexual Trauma Treatment

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 680-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori S. Katz ◽  
Sam E. Park ◽  
Geta Cojucar ◽  
Cristi Huffman ◽  
Sarah Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Sexual Trauma ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Trauma Treatment ◽  
Female Veterans ◽  
Working Models ◽  
Internal Working

The Warrior Renew sexual trauma treatment program proposes to target perceived attachment style and the internal working models of interpersonal relationships. This study examined scores on the Relationships Scales Questionnaire and Brief Symptom Inventory pre- and posttreatment in a sample of 62 female veterans who graduated the program. Findings revealed that graduates of Warrior Renew reported significant decreases in fearful and dismissive insecure attachment and significant increases in secure attachment. Scores were significantly correlated with symptoms. Findings lend support to an upward spiral hypothesis associated with long-term positive outcomes found in previous research on Warrior Renew.

scholarly journals Childhood abuse and neglect and insecure attachment states of mind in adulthood: Prospective, longitudinal evidence from a high-risk sample

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Lee Raby ◽  
Madelyn H. Labella ◽  
Jodi Martin ◽  
Elizabeth A. Carlson ◽  
Glenn I. Roisman
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
States Of Mind ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

AbstractThe present report used data from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation to investigate the factor structure and childhood abuse and/or neglect related antecedents of adults’ attachment states of mind in a high-risk sample. Adult Attachment Interviews (AAIs) were collected when participants were age 26 years (N= 164) and Current Relationship Interviews (CRIs) were collected from participants (N= 116) and their romantic partners when target participants were between ages 20 and 28 years (M= 25.3 years). For both the AAI and the CRI, exploratory factor analyses revealed that (a) attachment state of mind scales loaded on two weakly correlated dimensions reflecting dismissing and preoccupied states of mind and (b) ratings of unresolved discourse loaded on the same factor as indicators of preoccupied states of mind. Experiencing any subtype of abuse and/or neglect, especially during multiple developmental periods, and experiencing multiple subtypes of abuse and/or neglect during childhood were associated with risk for preoccupied (but not dismissing) AAI states of mind regarding childhood relationships with caregivers. Analyses focused on the particular subtypes, and perpetrators indicated that the predictive significance of childhood abuse/neglect for adult's AAI preoccupied states of mind was specific to experiences of abuse (but not neglect) perpetrated by primary caregivers. In addition, experiencing chronic or multiple subtypes of childhood abuse and/or neglect increased risk for dismissing (but not preoccupied) CRI states of mind regarding adult romantic partners.

The Integrative Use of EMDR and Clinical Hypnosis in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M. Harford
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Trauma Treatment ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Case Vignettes ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Clinical Hypnosis ◽  
Therapeutic Medium

The potential benefits of the use of a permissive style of clinical hypnosis as a therapeutic medium to enhance eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) trauma treatment are explored. A comparative review of hypnosis and EMDR is provided, including putative psychophysiological mechanisms for both. A rationale for integrating clinical hypnosis with EMDR treatment is presented. It is suggested that hypnosis primarily enhances the accessibility of traumatic information while EMDR primarily enhances the reprocessing of traumatic information and that accessibility and reprocessing are reciprocal features. The relative and combined merits of hypnosis and EMDR for resource development are discussed. The author proposes that clinical hypnosis may be incorporated into EMDR without necessarily modifying the eight-stage EMDR protocol apart from modifications that are indicated for special conditions. Three case vignettes are used to illustrate the integrative use of clinical hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of adults who experienced childhood abuse.

Working With Native American Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Hobfoll ◽  
A. Bonsai ◽  
R. Schurg ◽  
C. A. Pierce ◽  
I. Hobfoll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Native American Women ◽  
American Women
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