期刊论文详细信息
Frontiers in Psychology
The role of both parents’ attachment pattern in understanding childhood obesity
Claudia Mazzeschi1 
关键词: parents’;    attachment;    mother’;    s attachment;    father’;    s attachment;    childhood obesity;    risk factor;   
DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00791
学科分类:心理学(综合)
来源: Frontiers
PDF
【 摘 要 】

Within the research area on the determinants of childhood obesity, a relatively new approach is the use of attachment theory to explore the mechanisms underlying children’s obesity risk, especially considered as emotion regulation strategies in parent–child relationship. Few are the empirical researches that have addressed this issue. The empirical investigations have used self-report measures to assess adult attachment. In attachment studies, the use of interview methods and/or performance-based instruments is advised to evaluate the entire range of possible adult attachment patterns and comprehensively explain the emotional strategies, correlates, and consequences of individual differences in attachment system functioning. The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which both parents’ attachment patterns serve as self-regulative mechanisms related to childhood overweight/obesity by the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) in a sample of 44 mothers and fathers of children referred for obesity. Insecure attachment was found as a risk factor both for mothers and fathers. Also unresolved/disorganization was found to play a significant role in childhood obesity. The role of father’s attachment was explored and findings suggested considering it in etiology and treatment of childhood obesity.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   

【 预 览 】
附件列表
Files Size Format View
RO201901224304691ZK.pdf 285KB PDF download
  文献评价指标  
  下载次数:18次 浏览次数:4次