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Epistemological Development and Attachment in European College Students
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Faria, Carla; Soares, Isabel; Silva, Carolina; Bastos, Alice – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Epistemological development and attachment theory have been independent frameworks for understanding psychological development. This study examined the association between epistemological development (using the Measure of Epistemological Reflection) and attachment (using the Adult Attachment Interview) in a sample of 60 pre- and postgraduated…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Attachment Behavior, College Students, Intervention
Mentalizing Abilities in Preadolescents' and Their Mothers' Autobiographical Narratives
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Scopesi, Alda M.; Rosso, Anna Maria; Viterbori, Paola; Panchieri, Erika – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
This study aims to investigate the association between the mental state talk of mothers and their preadolescent children, with the hypothesis that an intergenerational transmission of mentalizing abilities may extend beyond early childhood. The participants were 41 mother-preadolescent child nonclinical dyads. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Preadolescents, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
Adult Attachment Classification and Self-Reported Psychiatric Symptomalogy as Assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
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Pianta, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined differences in self-reported psychiatric symptomatology on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 according to the Adult Attachment Interview in first-time mothers from a high-risk poverty sample. Different symptom patterns were consistent with adult attachment status as an index of self-representation and as a set of…
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development
Attachment Processes in Eating Disorder and Depression.
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Cole-Detke, Holland; Kobak, Roger – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examines the relationship between attachment strategies and symptom reporting among college women (N=61). The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered and interview transcripts were rated with the Attachment Interview Q-Sort. Findings support the hypothesis that secondary or defensive attachment strategies predispose individuals toward…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders