ArticleCurrent opinion in psychology2015
Attachment and Health-Related Physiological Stress Processes.
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- Attachment in close relationships and glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Consumption, Illness, and Maternal Sensitivity in Infants with a Disorganized Attachment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The effects and process of the intervention "Individual Shantala Infant Massage" in preventive child healthcare to improve parent-child interaction: study protocol for a quasi-experimental study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Attachment in Couples Coping with Cancer: Associations with Observed Communication and Long-Term Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
People who are more securely attached to close partners show health benefits, but the mechanisms underlying this link are not well specified. We focus on physiological pathways that are potential mediators of the connection between attachment in childhood and adulthood and health and disease outcomes. Growing evidence indicates that attachment insecurity (vs. security) is associated with distinctive physiological responses to stress, including responses involving the HPA, SAM and immune systems, but these responses vary with type of stressor (e.g., social/nonsocial) and contextual factors (e.g., partner's attachment style). Taking this more nuanced perspective will be important for understanding the conditions under which attachment shapes health-related physiological processes as well as downstream health and disease consequences.
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