Attachment Styles And Death Anxiety Among Pregnant Women In Pakistan

@#The present study was designed to investigate the attachment styles and death anxiety among pregnant women. In order to meet the study objectives sample of (n=62) was recruited from hospitals of Rawalpindi (i.e., Maryam Memorial and Cantonment Hospital) and Islamabad (i.e., Shifa Medicine Hospital and Poly Clinic). Age range of the sample was 18 to 45 years. Attachment styles were assessed by Experience in Close Relationship Revised-Questionnaire (ECR-R) and death anxiety was assessed with Death Anxiety Scale. The findings revealed that there was significant positive correlation between attachment styles and death anxiety (p<0.05) and it was found that pregnant women scored low on secure attachment style. Younger pregnant women were high on preoccupied, fearful and dismissing attachment style as compare to older age pregnant women. Women with first pregnancy scored high on anxious, dismissing, and fearful attachment style as compare to women with second and third pregnancy. Pregnant women had pregnancy loss feel more death anxiety as compare to pregnant women with no history of pregnancy loss. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 22 (2): March 2021: 1-10.

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.

La importancia de las relaciones tempranas y el apego en los niños con necesidades especiales / The relevance of early relationships and attachment in children with special needs

El establecimiento de un apego seguro es un factor que promueve el desarrollo y bienestar del niño y su familia. Es por esto que en este trabajo hemos querido ligar el concepto del apego con los niños con necesidades especiales, y el cómo las relaciones tempranas pueden potenciar su desarrollo motor, cognitivo y socio-emocional. Del mismo modo queremos plantear la necesidad que existe de incluir el apego como eje central de las intervenciones tempranas, lo cual puede realizarse a través del empoderamiento de los padres, entregándoles claves que les permitirán tener interacciones más cálidas y significativas, reconociendo el estilo y necesidades de su hijo, logrando potenciar su sensibilidad y la capacidad para regularlos y establecer interacciones que van a potenciar su desarrollo y aprendizajes.

The establishment of a secure attachment enhances the family and child development and wellbeing. This is why in this essay we wanted to bind the attachment theory with the children with special needs and show how the early relationships can promote the motor, cognitive and socio-emotional development. In the same way we wanted to stress the need of including the attachment as a core aspect in the early interventions, through the parent’s empowerment by giving them the cues that would let them have warmer and more significant interactions, being able to recognize their child style and needs, and as a result of this they can achieve a better sensibility and the ability to regulate them and establish interactions that can favor their development and knowledge.