Background: Attachment theory provides a useful theoretical framework in explanation of socioemotional problems among students with learning disorder. In this regard, the quality of attachment is proposed as a risk or protective factor in explaining the behavioral and socioemotional maladjustments in this group. In line with the theory of Bowlby, internal working model develops essentially base...

Background & Aim: In pregnancy following stillbirth, the parental relationship and attachment to the dead child are denied, and this can impair the mother’s attachment to the new child. The present study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral training on maternal-fetal attachment in subsequent pregnancy following stillbirth. Methods & Materials: This quasi-experimental study was...

Background and Objective: Several studies have indicated that hospitalizing infants causes disruption on mother-infant attachment. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of infant massage by mothers on maternal attachment behavior in infants hospitalized in the neonatal care units. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 80 mothers and their neonates were recruited and randoml...

Objectives: To assess the attachment styles in obese patients and to compare it with a group of normal weight individuals. Method: In this study, attachment styles of 159 patients with obesity who referred to centers for management of obesity were compared with 183 subjects with normal weight. The attachment styles was assessed by Hazan and Shaver’s questionnaire, body mass index (BMI) as well ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between attachment style, rumination and defense mechanisms in women with obsessive beliefs. This research is descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of all women in Tehran Using multi-stage cluster sampling, 300 of them were selected And each attachment style questionnaire, rumination, defense mechanisms and obsess...

Background & Aims: Pregnancy period is a one of the most important stages in the life of women and in this period damage to the mother-child relationship causes creating grounds for mental disorders in a child. The most important factors related to mother-child relationship include spouse intimacy, attachment styles and mother positive and negative affect. As a result, Present research aimed to...

Objectives The current study investigated the mediating role of emotion regulation and empathy between attachment styles and dark personality traits.  Methods In total, 350 teenage students from Bushehr schools were selected based on convenience sampling method in the academic year of 2017-18. Then, dark traits test, emotional dysregulation, attachment styles, and empathy were distributed amon...