Autonomic correlates of attachment insecurity in a sample of women with eating disorders

Autor: Isabel Soares, Glenn I. Roisman, Pedro Dias, John M. Klein, João Paulo Cunha
Přispěvatelé: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade do Minho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
Předmět:
Adult
Autonomic correlates of attachment
Adolescent
Psychometrics
Eating Disorders
Statistics as Topic
Social Sciences
Autonomic Nervous System
Developmental psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Skin Physiological Phenomena
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Psicologia [Ciências Sociais]
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Young adult
psychophysiology
Reactivity (psychology)
Object Attachment
05 social sciences
Adult attachment interview
medicine.disease
Dreams
3. Good health
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Eating disorders
Psychophysiology
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Female
autonomic correlates of attachment
Psychology
Attachment measures
050104 developmental & child psychology
Psychopathology
Adult Attachment Interview
Zdroj: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
instacron:RCAAP
ISSN: 1469-2988
1461-6734
Popis: This study examined associations between attachment insecurity and autonomic response during the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) in a sample of 47 women with eating disorders using a new system for the synchronous acquisition of behavioral and physiological data: the Bio Dual-channel and Representation of Attachment Multimedia System (BioDReAMS; Soares, Cunha, Zhan Jian Li, Pinho, & Neves, 1998). Consistent with the emerging literature on the psychophysiology of adult attachment, insecurity was positively correlated with electrodermal reactivity during the AAI. Furthermore, relatively secure patients showed some evidence of parasympathetic withdrawal, which can be conceptualized as evidence of more effective emotion regulation. Results suggest that, even among women with diagnosed psychopathology, security is associated with moreproductive patterns of psychophysiological response to attachment-related challenges.
The authors want to thank the patients who participated in this work and the following psychiatrists and psychologists responsible for the treatment of these patients: Dr. António Roma Torres and Dr. Isabel Brandão (S. Joao Hospital, Portugal), Dr. Pedro Monteiro and Dr. Dulce Soeiro (Maria Pia Hospital, Portugal), and Dr. Sónia Gonçalves (University of Minho, Portugal). Data collection and analysis were only possible with the help of all of the Attachment Research Group members in the University of Minho, Portugal. This research was conducted while the first author, Pedro Dias, was sponsored by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT doctoral grant SFRH/6944/2001). Financial support for the research project was also provided by Bial Foundation (grants 43/96 and 25/02).
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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