Representação de apego materna, relação mãe-criança e apego inseguro do filho: um estudo qualitativo / Maternal attachment representations, mother-child relationship and child's insecure attachment: a qualitative study / Las madres con representaciones de apego sin base segura e hijo apego inseguro

O padrão de apego materno com os seus próprios cuidadores tende a influenciar suas relações posteriores, em especial a relação mãe-filho. Esta expectativa, baseada na literatura, norteou o presente estudo que teve o objetivo de investigar as experiências, o apego da mãe com seus cuidadores e o apego inseguro do filho. Participaram duas díades mãe-filho em que a criança apresentava comportamentos de apego inseguro [selecionadas em uma amostra de 63 participantes]. As mães responderam instrumentos que avaliavam os cuidados recebidos; suas representações de apego; sua relação atual mãe-filho e os comportamentos de apego da criança. Os resultados revelaram consistências entre os cuidados recebidos pouco sensíveis, não incentivadores da autonomia, mães com representações de apego sem base segura e comportamentos de apego inseguro do filho. Estes resultados apoiam a literatura e apontam para a importância de avaliações e intervenções precoces, visando evitar a transmissão intergeracional do padrão de apego inseguro. (AU)

Maternal attachment with their own caregivers tends to influence their later relationships, especially the mother-child relationship. This expectation, based on the literature, guided present study that aimed to investigate mother's experiences, mother's attachment with her caregivers and child's insecure attachment. Two mother-child dyads participated, in which the child had insecure attachment behaviors [selected in a sample of 63 participants]. The mothers answered instruments that evaluated care received; representations of attachment; mother-child relationship and the child's attachment behaviors. The results revealed consistency between the care received little sensitive, non-autonomy incentives, maternal insecure attachment and child's insecure attachment behaviors. These results support the literature and point out the importance of early evaluations and interventions to avoid the intergenerational transmission of insecure attachment pattern. (AU)

El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar las experiencias de la madre con sus cuidadores y el apego inseguro del niño. Ellos asistieron a dos parejas madre-hijo en el que el niño mostró comportamientos de apego inseguro. Las experiencias de las madres con sus cuidadores fueron investigados por una serie de percepciones de los cuidadores ya través de sus representaciones de apego; mientras que la proporción actual de diadas se investigó a través de una entrevista. Los resultados revelan consistencias entre las experiencias de las madres con pequeños cuidadores sensibles y no partidarios de la autonomía y el comportamiento actual de apego inseguro de su hijo. Estos resultados apoyan la literatura sobre la relación entre las experiencias maternas con sus cuidadores, la relación en la sala de maternidad con el niño y el tipo de apego del niño. (AU)

Depression Is a Mediator for the Relationship between Physical Symptom and Psychological Well-being in Obese People

This present study aimed to investigate the association effect of obesity status, physical symptom, insecure attachment, and depression on psychological well-being in non-diabetic healthy Koreans. Height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, and socio-psychological questionnaires (insecure attachment, depression, and physical symptom psychological well-being, etc.) were examined in 123 healthy Koreans. Student t-test, correlation analysis, and mediation analysis were performed. Study subjects were divided into 2 groups based on body mass index (BMI, kg/m²): obesity (BMI ≥ 25, n = 36) and non-obesity (BMI < 25, n = 87). Obese people were older and showed higher proportion of males than non-obese ones. Regarding the values of socio-psychological test, obesity group showed lower insecure attachment, and higher physical symptom than non-obesity group. In correlation and mediation analyses, depression was positively related to insecure attachment and physical symptom in both BMI groups. Positive relationship between physical symptom and insecure attachment was observed only in non-obesity group, but not in obesity group. The effect of insecure attachment on psychological well-being was completely mediated by depression in both BMI groups. On the other hand, the effect of physical symptom on psychological well-being was completely mediated by depression in obesity group, but not in non-obesity group. In conclusion, this study presented that the effects of physical symptom and insecure attachment on psychological well-being were completely mediated by depression in obese healthy Koreans, but not in non-obese ones. It will provide useful data for extending the knowledge on the relationship between the physical health and mental health.

Perfeccionismo e representação vinculativa em jovens adultos / Perfectionism and attachment representations in young adults

As relações estabelecidas no seio familiar são extremamente importantes no desenvolvimento dos traços de personalidade dos indivíduos. O objectivo deste estudo foi investigar a relação entre o desenvolvimento do perfeccionismo e as representações de vinculação, numa amostra de 690 jovens adultos, com idades entre os 17 e os 30 anos. Os participantes preencheram um Questionário Sócio-Demográfico, duas Escalas Multidimensionais de Perfeccionismo (MPS-F e MPS-H) e um Inventário de Vinculação (IPPA). Os resultados indicam a existência de uma relação entre as dimensões maladaptativas do perfeccionismo e a representação de uma Vinculação Insegura à mãe e ao pai, enquanto as dimensões adaptativas do perfeccionismo relacionam-se com a representação de uma Vinculação Segura. Estes resultados sugerem que um dos factores que contribuem para o desenvolvimento do perfeccionismo é a natureza das relações parentais e consequentes interacções.

The relationships established within the family are extremely important in the development of individual personality traits. The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between the development of perfectionism and attachment representations in a sample of 690 young adults, aged between 17 and 30 years old. Participants completed two scales of Self-report Measure of Perfectionism (H-MPS and F-MPS) and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), as well as a Social-Demographic Questionnaire. Results indicate the existence of a relation between maladaptive perfectionism dimensions and an insecure attachment representation to parents, whereas adaptive perfectionism dimensions seem to be related to a secure attachment representation. The results suggest that one of the contributing factors to the development of perfectionism is the nature of parental relationships and their consequent interactions.