Humans are strongly dependent upon social resources for allostasis and emotion
regulation. This applies especially to early childhood because humans—as an altricial …

Abstract Objective: Problematic Internet use (PIU) and its relation to psychopathology is an
emergent but disputed issue in literature. In the current study, we explored the relationship …

The historic publication of the “consensus statement” on not using the “D/disorganized”
category in the infant Strange Situation (M. Ainsworth, M. Blehar, E. Waters, & S. Wall, 1978) …

Indirect measures of cognition have become an important tool in research on addiction. To
date, however, no research has examined whether indirect measures of parent attachment …

Although impairments in mentalizing and dissociation have been linked to the onset of
eating disorders, there is still a paucity of studies investigating their relationships among …

This chapter reviews and discusses findings from studies on healthcare workers facing the
COVID-19 outbreak. Previous studies have provided evidence for the role of psychological …

The functioning of the sibling subsystem is often overlooked in research on attachment
relationships, despite its both threatening and protective potential. Taking a multi-case …

Motives and risk factors associated with problematic engagement in online sexual activities
(OSAs) have been poorly explored. The current study aimed to examine motives, gender …

The psychological features of burnout have been extensively investigated among different
healthcare practitioners. However, studies on the relationship between burnout and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper was to determine the attachment strategies of
prospective adoptive parents and any correlation between attachment and the defensive …