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Mental representations of attachment in eating disorders: a pilot study using the Adult Attachment Interview.
Attach Hum Dev. 2009 Jul; 11(4):405-17.AH

Abstract

Mental representations of attachment in a sample of adults with Eating Disorders (ED) were assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Sixty subjects participated in the study: 30 non-clinical and 30 clinical. The results obtained showed a specific distribution of attachment patterns in the clinical sample: 10% Free/Autonomous (F), 47% Insecure-Dismissing (Ds), 17% Insecure-Entangled/Preoccupied (E) and about 26% disorganized (CC/U). The two samples differed in their attachment pattern distribution and were significantly different on some coding system scales. Further information was obtained by analyzing differences between the three ED subtypes considered (i.e. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder) and by investigating the differential role of the two parental figures in the definition of attachment representations. Results showed potential benefits in using the AAI coding system scales in addition to the main classifications in order to understand better the developmental issues involved in these disorders. Implications for developmental research and clinical nosology are discussed.

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Barone L
Psychology Department, University of Pavia, Italy. lavinia.barone@unipv.it
Guiducci V
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MeSH

AdultFeeding and Eating DisordersFemaleHumansInterview, PsychologicalMaleObject AttachmentPilot ProjectsYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19603303

Citation

Barone, Lavinia, and Valentina Guiducci. "Mental Representations of Attachment in Eating Disorders: a Pilot Study Using the Adult Attachment Interview." Attachment & Human Development, vol. 11, no. 4, 2009, pp. 405-17.
Barone L, Guiducci V. Mental representations of attachment in eating disorders: a pilot study using the Adult Attachment Interview. Attach Hum Dev. 2009;11(4):405-17.
Barone, L., & Guiducci, V. (2009). Mental representations of attachment in eating disorders: a pilot study using the Adult Attachment Interview. Attachment & Human Development, 11(4), 405-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730902814770
Barone L, Guiducci V. Mental Representations of Attachment in Eating Disorders: a Pilot Study Using the Adult Attachment Interview. Attach Hum Dev. 2009;11(4):405-17. PubMed PMID: 19603303.
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