abstract the purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between secure-insecure attachment styles and cognitive distortions . to this end, 403 students from ferdowsi university of mashhad were selected using a random clustering procedure, and completed the collins and read (1990) attachment styles questionnaire and becham, leber, watkins, boyer, and cook’d (1986) cognitive triad i...

introduction: the aim of this study was to determine a proper cell line for adherance of helicobacter pylori and a suitable method for attachment of this bacteria to cell lines in vitro. material and methods: a total of 22 h.pylori strains,isolated from the antral biopsies of 49 patients with dyspepsia,gastritis,gastric ulcer,duodenal ulcer, etc., were evaluated by elisa(upr)to determine the di...

introduction: this study was conducted in order to determine the relationship between attachment to god with marital satisfaction and mental health in parents of children with special needs. method: a total of 372 parents (186 fathers, 186 mothers) of blind, deaf and educable children with mental retardation were selected through stratified random sampling using the method of proportional alloc...

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between behavioral and emotional engagement of Iranian EFL learners and their attachment to their teachers. Both teachers’ and students’ perceptions of their relationships and students’ engagement have been taken into account. Questionnaire data provided by 311 EFL students and 70 EFL  teachers was used to investigate the relation betwee...

BACKGROUND Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is associated with early childhood maltreatment and has unknown population prevalence beyond infancy. AIMS To estimate RAD prevalence in a deprived population of children. METHOD All 1646 children aged 6-8 years old in a deprived sector of an urban UK centre were screened for RAD symptoms. Parents of high and low scorers were interviewed using s...

background: pregnant women with insecure attachment style are at high risk of psychiatric disorders. since emotions are the first coordinators of attachment behavior, emotion regulation training can alter maternal attachment style. in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of emotion regulation training on the attachment styles of primiparous pregnant women with insecure attachment style....

Treating Attachment Disordersfrom Theory to Therapy is a crisp account of the application of attachment theory in practice and an exceptionally engaging book to read. This second edition, and translation from the original German language, is written by Karl Heinz Brisch (MD), and includes a foreword by Lotte Köhler and an afterword by Inge Bretherton. Carefully written to balance the most up-to...