Ambivalent attachment in female adolescents: Association with affective instability and eating disorders
Objective This report reviews narrative data from the ambivalent attachment subgroup of a larger attachment investigation, in order to probe beyond substantive results showing significant differences between secure and ambivalent attachment, with respect to hypothesized personality correlates. Metho...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The International journal of eating disorders 1997-04, Vol.21 (3), p.251-259 |
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This report reviews narrative data from the ambivalent attachment subgroup of a larger attachment investigation, in order to probe beyond substantive results showing significant differences between secure and ambivalent attachment, with respect to hypothesized personality correlates. Method: Two readers coded common themes in semistructured 2‐hr interviews, which focused on attachment to mother and experience of self, using a sample of 28 female college undergraduates classified as secure (n = 10), ambivalent (n = 11), or avoidant (n = 7) in their primary attachments. Results: Coded data revealed two striking correlates of ambivalent attachment not anticipated by the study's hypotheses: (1) reports of affective instability in 9 of 11 ambivalent subjects; (2) histories of anorexia, sometimes followed by bulimia, in 7 of 11 ambivalent subjects. Discussion: A provisional understanding of possible links among ambivalent attachment, affective instability, and anorexia is offered. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 21: 251–259, 1997. |
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ISSN: | 0276-3478 1098-108X |
DOI: | 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199704)21:3<251::AID-EAT5>3.0.CO;2-J |