Attachment Style and Mental Health : A 1-Year Follow-Up Study of Mothers of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease  

Oleh:

Berant, Ety ; Mikulincer, Mario ; Florian, Victor

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 8 (2001), page 956-968.
Topik: MENTAL HEALTH; attachment style; mental health; mothers of infants; heart disease
Fulltext: 956PSPB278.pdf (94.59KB)

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The longitudinal contribution of attachment style to mental health was examined among mothers of infants with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Eighty - five mothers of newborns with CHD completed self - report scales tapping attachment style, appraisal of motherhood, ways of coping with motherhood tasks, and mental health 2 weeks after the infant’s CHD diagnosis and 1 year later. Mothers’ attachment anxiety and avoidance at Time 1 were related to poor mental health at the same point of time. In addition, attachment avoidance at Time 1 predicted further deterioration of mental health from Time 1 to Time 2. Attachment style at Time 1 also predicted the ways mothers appraised and coped with motherhood tasks, which, in turn, were related to mental health changes. The theoretical implications of the data were discussed.

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