TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between adult attachment style and mental health in extreme life-endangering conditions
AU - Mikulincer, Mario
AU - Horesh, Netta
AU - Eilati, Ilana
AU - Kotler, Moshe
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - This study examines the association between adult attachment style and psychopathology in extreme life-endangering conditions. A group of 40 Israeli Jewish settlers who lived within the Palestinian Authority territory (high-threat group) were asked to fill out an attachment style scale and psychiatric symptomatology measures. They were compared to a control group of Israeli Jewish persons who lived within the State of Israel. Findings showed higher symptomatology in the high-threat than control group. Secure attachment style was inversely related to symptomatology measures. In contrast, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant attachment styles were positively related to symptomatology measures. However, whereas the anxious-ambivalent attachment style was related to psychopathology in the two threat conditions, the avoidant style was related to psychopathology only in the high-threat group. Results were discussed in terms of attachment theory.
AB - This study examines the association between adult attachment style and psychopathology in extreme life-endangering conditions. A group of 40 Israeli Jewish settlers who lived within the Palestinian Authority territory (high-threat group) were asked to fill out an attachment style scale and psychiatric symptomatology measures. They were compared to a control group of Israeli Jewish persons who lived within the State of Israel. Findings showed higher symptomatology in the high-threat than control group. Secure attachment style was inversely related to symptomatology measures. In contrast, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant attachment styles were positively related to symptomatology measures. However, whereas the anxious-ambivalent attachment style was related to psychopathology in the two threat conditions, the avoidant style was related to psychopathology only in the high-threat group. Results were discussed in terms of attachment theory.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0191-8869(99)00032-x
DO - 10.1016/s0191-8869(99)00032-x
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AN - SCOPUS:0033228407
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 27
SP - 831
EP - 842
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 5
ER -