Purpose: Separation anxiety is a state of extreme anxiety, felt by an individual in case separation from attachment figure. It was aimed to investigate styles, temperament traits, childhood trauma and dissociative experiences university students diagnosed with adult disorder (ASAD). 
 Methods: Sixty five students, have ASAD structured clinical interview were compared healthy via˝Adult Atta...

This paper reports on an autonomous agent simulation of infant attachment behaviour. The behaviours simulated have been observed in home environments and in a controlled laboratory procedure called the Strange Situation Experiment. The Avoidant, Secure and Ambivalent styles of behaviour seen in these studies are outlined, and then abstracted to their core elements to act as a specification of r...

We examined several aspects of attachment in marriage, including the association among attachment style, mental models of the spouse, satisfaction, affect regulation within the marriage, the stability of attachment style, and its operationalization. Fifty-three married couples completed initial assessments, and 44 particip in a 24-month follow-up. Attachment style was related to positive and ne...

Using data from the Durham Child Health and Development Study (n=148), the current study examines the associations between child and parenting variables at 6 months and child attachment quality at 12 months of age and maternal report of child self regulation at 24 months of age. Child and parent variables predicted distinct forms of insecure attachment relationships. Observations of infant soot...

Background: The ability to create and maintain a satisfying relationship in the marital life requires an understanding of attachment styles, family’s emotional atmosphere, recognizing expressing mutual emotions, accepting spouse’s emotions. This study aimed examine role family atmosphere styles predicting alexithymia married people. Methods: predictive correlational was conducted on sample men ...

The relationships between jealousy, personality, attachment styles and birth order were examined in a sample of 100 Dutch men and 100 Dutch women. Three types ofjealousy were examined: reactive jealousy (a negative response to the emotional or sexual involvement of the partner with someone else), preventive jealousy (efforts to prevent intimate contact of the partner with a third person), and a...

Objective: Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) report more issues in social interaction compared to the general population. Moreover, dimensions of dissociation are considered dysfunctional strategies cope adverse life events. In this regard, current symptoms MDD could be associated traumatic events that occurred childhood and adult life. Given background, aim present study was exp...

Handling Editor: Ronald Riggio Authentic leadership theory posits that the authenticity of leaders and followers is influenced by their personal histories. Attachment theory states that individuals have internal working models that are influenced by both early developmental experiences and relationships later in life. These models guide how people interact with close others and tend toward thre...