Attachment security towards parents and peers in adolescence, and romantic attachment
styles and emotion regulation strategies in young adulthood, were evaluated using an eight …

Aims Functional impairment is a hallmark feature of severe mental health problems (SMI).
Attachment theory is a key psychological theory of interpersonal functioning and difficulties …

Interview, self‐report, peer report, and observational data were used to examine parent and
peer relationship qualities as predictors of relative changes in attachment security in a …

Insecure attachment has been suggested as a major risk factor for mental health problems
as well as a key element for the development and trajectory of psychiatric disorders. The aim …

Little research has examined how attachment styles in childhood are related to current
romantic relationship experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the association …

The emergence of attachment-based treatments (ABTs) for adolescents highlights the need
to more clearly define and evaluate these treatments in the context of other attachment …

This investigation examined preoccupied attachment states of mind as both a risk factor for
non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and as a mechanism by which prospectively assessed …

Attachment theorists propose that individuals' internal working models influence their social
information processing. This study explored links between attachment representations and …

This report examines young adults' states of mind regarding their early attachment
experiences in relation to the observed and perceived quality of their sibling relationships …

Objective: In view of the persisting conceptual confusion related to the convergence of
attachment measures, we investigated several common measures within a clinical and a …