ArticleFrontiers in neurology2017
Maternal Alexithymia and Attachment Style: Which Relationship with Their Children's Headache Features and Psychological Profile?
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- The Relationship between Paternal Alexithymia and Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems during Early Childhood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Migraine in Adolescents. A Retrospective Analysis of the Population Attending the Headache Center in Different Phases of the Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of use motivations and alexithymia on smartphone addiction: mediating role of insecure attachment.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Direct and Indirect Influences of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Physical Health: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Anxiety, Depression, and Body Weight in Children and Adolescents With Migraine.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Associations between attachment and pain: From infant to adolescent.SAGE open medicine · 2019Review
- Maternal Alexithymia and Attachment Style: Which Relationship with Their Children's Headache Features and Psychological Profile?Frontiers in neurology · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionA growing body of literature has shown an association between somatic symptoms and insecure "attachment style." In a recent study, we found a relationship between migraine severity, ambivalent attachment style, and psychological symptoms in children/adolescents. There is evidence that caregivers' attachment styles and their way of management/expression of emotions can influence children's psychological profile and pain expression. To date, data dealing with headache are scarce. Our aim was to study the role of maternal alexithymia and attachment style on their children's migraine severity, attachment style, and psychological profile. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe enrolled 84 consecutive patients suffering from migraine without aura (female: 45, male: 39; mean age 11.8 ± 2.4 years). According to headache frequency, children/adolescents were divided into two groups: (1) high frequency (patients reporting from weekly to daily attacks), and (2) low frequency (patients having ≤3 episodes per month). We divided headache attacks intensity into two groups (mild and severe pain). SAFA "Anxiety," "Depression," and "Somatization" scales were used to explore children's psychological profile. To evaluate attachment style, the semi-projective test SAT for patients and ASQ Questionnaire for mothers were employed. Maternal alexithymia traits were assessed by TAS-20.
resultsWe found a significant higher score in maternal alexithymia levels in children classified as "ambivalent," compared to those classified as "avoiding" (Total scale:
conclusionMaternal alexithymia and attachment style have no impact on children's migraine severity. However, our results suggest that, although maternal alexithymic traits have no causative roles on children's migraine severity, they show a relationship with patients' attachment style and psychological symptoms, which in turn may impact on migraine severity.
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