Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between mothers’ parental bonding styles and their maternal attachment levels. 
 Methods: descriptive cross-sectional involved 216 mothers. The data were collected using Personal Information Form, Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI), Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Results: mean MAI score of mothers found be 96.72 ± 8.75 whic...

UNLABELLED Studies in adults have shown that the effects of pain catastrophizing upon others vary from positive to negative responses. There are no studies, however, on the impact of catastrophizing in children upon responses of others. In addition, little is known about why catastrohpizing varies with both positive and negative responses. Attachment may be one important moderator explaining th...

Background: Parental - fetal attachment behaviors play important role in pregnancy outcome, maternal and paternal identity and also children development. It seems that these behaviors are different in infertile couples. Knowing the relationship between infertility and parental - fetal attachment was the aim of this study Materials and Methods: For this cross - sectional study that was done in 1...

This study assessed the correlates of self-control and police contact in a sample of Chicago public high school students. The investigation examined the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, and peer association on self-control and the effects of parental attachment/identification, family structure, peer association, and self-control on police contact. Differences bet...

Relations between Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) outcomes and data from questionnaires on attachment style, temperament, and memories of parental caregiving behavior were investigated to examine theoretical and methodological specificity of the AAI. The participants were 83 mothers of 1-year-olds. No differences between the three AAI classifications (autonomous, dismissing, or preoccupied) we...

Is early preventive intervention effective in enhancing parental sensitivity and infant attachment security, and if so, what type of intervention is most successful? Seventy studies were traced, producing 88 intervention effects on sensitivity (n = 7,636) and/or attachment (n = 1,503). Randomized interventions appeared rather effective in changing insensitive parenting (d = 0.33) and infant att...

The aim of this study was to test whether the associations between adolescent-parent attachment and externalizing problem behavior of adolescents were mediated by adolescent cognitive distortions, self-esteem, parental monitoring and association with deviant peers. A total of 102 adolescents (71 % male; aged 12-19 years) at risk for developing delinquent behaviors reported on attachment, parent...

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect gender, age, socioeconomic status, and early childhood parental attachment on vocational identity. Participants included 309 college students who completed a demographic questionnaire, Adult Scale Parental Attachment-Short Form (ASPA-SF; Michael & Snow, 2019), My Vocational Situation (MVS; Holland, Gottfredson, Power, 1980). Responses were...