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Attachment as a Core Feature of Resilience: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Background: Research has pointed to secure attachment as a possible key factor of resilience in adulthood. Objective: We aimed to investigate the role of secure attachment as a potential core feature in the properties of resilience. Methods: We conducted a systematic review in accordance with PRISMA guidelines followed by a meta-analysis. Results: Thirty-three studies were included in the review, and 10 of these, including 2305 subjects, were used for meta-analysis. The raw correlation coefficients ranged from .20 to .57, which indicated weak to moderate correlations between resilience and attachment. The synthesized correlation coefficients indicated that the correlations were significant and highly unlikely to be due to random variation. All studies are also reported on qualitatively. Conclusions: In both of our meta-analyses and in the narratively reported studies, we found that secure attachment is associated with the presence of resilience.
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Relational vulnerability in motherhood—an existential perspective on pain and exhaustion among women
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“Rasmussen et al. (2018) reviewed 32 studies and found that resilience was associated with secure attachment because of the positive self-perception of self and others.”
BackgroundPromoting Resilience in Early Childhood
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Assessment of Attachment in Psychosis: The Validity of the Psychosis Attachment Measure
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Autonomic response and attachment style in disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
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“20,21,22,,23 Attachment, as defined in classical attachment theory, delineates the enduring emotional connection between an infant and its primary caregiver, with varying attachment styles (i.e. ‘secure’ or ‘insecure’) identified through the child’s responses to caregiver’s presence or absence.”
Background“Resilience” – is this the new black in psychiatric health care and prevention?
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“However, findings suggest that in the near future we may be able to asses some key factors in resilient development (12).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Darling Rasmussen, P., Storebø, O. J., Løkkeholt, T., Voss, L. G., Shmueli-Goetz, Y., Bojesen, A. B., Simonsen, E., & Bilenberg, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Region Zealand (DK)
- Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-06-29
- Volume
- 122
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1259-1296
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2810111222
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- secure attachment, resilience, attachment security, adulthood, psychological well-being
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Object Attachment, Resilience, Psychological
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