Investigating a four-pathway model of adult attachment orientation and health

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-633

  Sadava, Stanley W ^a   Busseri, Michael A ^a   Molnar, Danielle S ^a   Perrier, Colin P K ^a   DeCourville, Nancy ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Attachment orientation; Health; Health risk behavior; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949113807     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509354402     Document Type: Article

References (97)

1. Adlaf, E.M., Gliksman, L., Demers, A., & Newton-Taylor, B. (2001). The prevalence of elevated psychological distress among Canadian undergraduates: Findings from the 1998 Canadian Campus Survey. Journal of American College Health, 50, 67-72.
2. Banse, R. (2004). Adult attachment and marital satisfaction: Evidence for dyadic configuration effects. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 273-282.
3. Bartholomew, K. (1997). Adult attachment processes: individual and couple perspectives. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 70, 249-263.
4. Bartholomew, K., & Horowitz, L.M. (1991).Attachment style among young adults. A test of a four category model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 226-244.
5. Baum, A., & Poluszny, D.M. (1999). Health psychology: Mapping biobehavioral contributions to health and illness. Annual Review of Psychology, 50, 137-163.
6. Brennan, K.A., Clark, C.L., & Shaver, P.R. (1998). Self-report measurement of adult attachment. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.). Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 46-76). New York: Guilford.
7. Brennan, K.A., & Shaver, B.R. (1995). Dimensions of adult attachment, affect regulation and romantic relationship functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21, 267-283.
8. Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment. New York: Basic Books.
9. Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation: Anxiety and anger. New York: Basic Books.
10. Cacioppo, J.T., & Gardner, W.L. (1999). Emotions. Annual Review of Psychology, 50, 191-214.
11. Cacioppo, J.T., Hawkley, L.C., Crawford, L.E., Ernst, J.M., Burleson, M.H., Kowalewski, T., Malarkey, W.B.,et al.(2002). Loneliness and health: Potential mechanisms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 407-417.
12. Ciechanowski, P.S., Walker, E.A., Katon, W.J., & Russon, J.E. (2002). Attachment theory: A model for health care utilization and somatization. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 660-667.
13. Cohen, S. (1988). Psychosocial models of the role of social support in the etiology of physical disease. Health Psychology, 7, 269-297.
14. Cohen, S., Underwood, L. G., & Gottlieb, B. H. (Eds.). (2000). Social support measurement and intervention: A guide for health and social scientists. New York: Oxford University Press.
15. Collins, N.L., & Feeney, B.C. (2004). An attachment theory perspective on closeness and intimacy. In D. J. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.). Handbook of closeness and intimacy. (pp. 163-187). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
16. Collins, N.L., Guichard, A.C., Ford, M.B., & Feeney, B.C. (2006). Responding to need in intimate relationships: Normative processes and individual differences. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman. (Eds.). Dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex. (pp. 149-189). New York: Guilford.
17. Cooper, M., Albino, A.W., Orcutt, H.K., & Williams, N. (2004). Attachment styles and intra-personal adjustment. A longitudinal study from adolescence into young adulthood. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.). Adult attachment: Theory, research and clinical implications. (pp. 438-464). New York: Guilford Press.
18. Cooper, M.L., Shaver, P.R., & Collins, N.L. (1998). Attachment style, emotion regulation and adjustment in adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1380-1397.
19. Davila, J., & Cobb, R.J. (2004). Predictors of change in attachment security during adulthood. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.). Adult attachment: Theory, research and clinical implications (pp. 133-157). New York: Guilford.
20. Davila, J., & Lvey, K.N. (2006). Introduction to the special section on attachment theory and psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 989-993.
21. Diamond, L.M., & Hicks, A.M. (2004). Psychobiological perspectives on attachment. Implications for health over the lifespan. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.). Adult attachment: Theory, research and clinical implications (pp. 240-265). New York: Guilford.
22. Diamond, L.M., Hicks, A.M., & Otter-Henderson, K. (2006). Physiological evidence for repressive coping among avoidantly attached adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 205-229.
23. Denton, M., Prus, S., & Walters, V. (2004). Gender differences in health: A Canadian study of the psychosocial, structural, and behavioral determinants of health. Social Science and Medicine, 58, 2585-2600.
24. Feeney, J.A. (1995). Adult attachment, coping style and health locus of control as predictors of health behavior. Australian Journal of Psychology, 47, 171-177.
25. Feeney, J.A., & Ryan, S.M. (1994). Attachment style and affect regulation: Relationship with health behavior and family experiences of illness in a student sample. Health Psychology, 13, 334-345.
26. Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Bucholtz, I. (1995). Effects of adult attachment style on the perception and search for social support. Journal of Psychology, 129, 665-676.
27. Fraley, R.C., Waller, N.G., & Brennan, K.A. (2000). An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 350-365.
28. Fredrikson, B.A.L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.
29. Griffin, D., & Bartholomew, K. (1994). Models of the self- and other: Fundamental dimensions underlying measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 430-445.
30. Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 511-524.
31. Hernandez-Avila, C.A., Rounsaville, B.J., & Kranzler, H.R. (2004). Opiod-, cannabis- and alcohol-dependent women show more rapid progression to substance abuse treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 74, 265-272.
32. House, J.S., Landis, K.R., & Umberson, D. (1988). Social relationships and health. Science, 241, 540-545.
33. Idler, E.L., & Benyamini, Y. (1997). Self-rated health and mortality: A review of 27 community studies. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 38, 21-37.
34. Jackson, L.M., Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M.W., & Hunsberger, B.E. (2000). Great expectations: The relation between expectancies and adjustment during the transition to university. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 2100-2125.
35. Keyes, C.L.M. (2005). Mental health and/or mental illness? Investigating axioms of the complete state model of health. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 539-548.
36. Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., & Newton, T.L. (2001). Marriage and health: his and hers. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 472-503.
37. Kline, R.B. (1998). Principles and practices of structural equation modeling. New York: Guilford.
38. Kotler, T., Buzwell, S., Romeo, Y., & Bowland, J. (1994). Avoidant attachment as a risk factor for health. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 67, 237-245.
39. Kunce, L.J., & Shaver, P.R. (1994). An attachment-theoretical approach to caregiving in romantic relationships. In K. Bartholomew & D. Perlman (Eds.). Attachment processes in adulthood: Advances in personal relationships. (pp. 205-237). London: Kingsley.
40. Kurdek, L.A. (2002). On being insecure about the assessment of attachment styles. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19, 811-834.
41. Larose, S., & Bernier, A. (2001). Social support processes: Mediators of attachment state of mind and adjustment in late adolescence. Attachment and Human Development, 3, 96-120.
42. MacDonald, G., & Kingsbury, R. (2006). Does physical pain augment anxious attachment? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 291-304.
43. MacDonald, G., & Leary, M.R. (2005). Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 202-223.
44. MacKinnon, D.P., Lockwood, C.M., Hoffman, J.M., West, S.G., & Sheets, V. (2002). A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects. Psychological Methods, 7, 83-104.
45. Marlowe, D.B., Merikle, E.P., Kirby, K.C., Festinger, D.S., & McLellan, A.T. (2001). Multidimensional assessment of perceived treatment-entry pressures among substance users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 97-108.
46. Maunder, R.G., & Hunter, J.J. (2001). Attachment and psychosomatic medicine: Developmental contributions to stress and disease. Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 556-567.
47. Maunder, R.G., Lancee, W.J., Nolan, R.P., Hunter, J.L., & Tannenbaum, D.W. (2006). The relationship of attachment insecurity to subjective stress and autonomic function during standardized acute stress in health adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 283-290.
48. McDonough, P., & Walters, V. (2001). Gender and health: Reassessing patterns and explanations. Social Science and Medicine, 52, 547-559.
49. McNally, A.M., Palfai, T.P., Levine, R.V., & Moore, B.M. (2003). Attachment dimensions and drinking-related problems among young adults: The mediational role of coping motives. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1115-1127.
50. Mickelson, K.D., Kessler, R.C., & Shaver, P.R. (1997). Adult attachment in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1092-1106.
51. Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1995). Appraisal of and coping with a real-life stressful situation: The contribution of attachment styles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 406-414.
52. Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1998). The relationship between adult attachment styles and emotional and cognitive reactions to stressful events. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.). Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 143-165). New York: Guilford.
53. Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Weller, A. (1993). Attachment styles, coping strategies and post-traumatic psychological distress: The impact of the Gulf war in Israel. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 817-826.
54. Mikulincer, M., Horesh, N., Eilati, I., & Kotler, M. (1999). The association between adult attachment style and mental health in extreme life-endangering conditions. Personality and Individual Differences, 27, 831-842.
55. Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P.R. (2005). Attachment theory and emotions in close relationships: Exploring the attachment-related dynamics of emotional reactions to relational events. Personal Relationships, 12, 149-168.
56. Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P.R. (2007). Attachment in adulthood: Structure, dynamics and change. New York: Guilford.
57. Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P.R., & Pereg, D. (2003). Attachment theory and affect regulation: The dynamics, development, and cognitive consequences of attachment-related strategies. Motivation and Emotion, 27, 77-102.
58. Montebarocci, O., Codispoti, M., Baldaro, B., & Rossi, N. (2004). Adult attachment style and alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 499-507.
59. Moreira, J.M., de Fatima Silva, M., Moleiro, C., Aguilar, P., Andrez, M., Bernandes, S., & Alfonso, H. (2003). Perceived social support as an offshoot of attachment style. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 485-501.
60. Oswald, D.L., & Clark, E.M. (2003). Best friends forever? High school best friendships and the transition to college. Personal Relationships, 10, 187-196.
61. Pielage, S.B., Luteijn, F., & Arrindell, W.A. (2005). Adult attachment, intimacy, and psychological distress in a clinical and community sample. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 12, 455-464.
62. Pietromonaco, P.R., Feldman Barret, L., & Powers, S.I. (2006). Adult attachment theory and affective reactivity and regulation. In D. K. Snyder, J. A., Simpson, & J. N. Hughes (Eds.). Emotion regulation in couples and families: Pathways to dysfunction and health. (pp. 57-74). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
63. Porter, L.S., Davis, D., & Keefe, F.J. (2007). Attachment and pain: Recent findings and future directions. Pain, 128, 195-198.
64. Pratt, M.W. (2000). The transition to university: Contexts, connections, and consequences. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 5-8.
65. Pressman, S.D., & Cohen, S. (2005). Does positive affect influence health? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 925-971.
66. Reis, H.T. (2006). Implications of attachment theory for research on intimacy. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), Dynamics of romantic love: attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 383-403). New York: Guilford.
67. Rothbart, M.K., Ahadi, S.A., & Evans, D.E. (2000). Temperament and personality: Origins and outcomes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 122-135.
68. Ryff, C.D., Singer, B.H., Wing, E., & Love, G.D. (2001). Elective affinities and uninvited agonies: Mapping emotion with significant others onto health. In C. D. Ryff & B. H. Singer (Eds.). Relationship experiences and emotional wellbeing. (pp. 133-174). New York: Oxford University Press.
69. Sarason, B.R., Sarason, I.G., & Gorung, R.A.R. (2001). Close personal relationships and health outcomes: A key to the role of social support. In B. R. Sarason & S. Duck (Eds.) Personal relationships: Implications for clinical and community psychology. (pp. 15-41). New York: Wiley.
70. Sarason, I.G., Sarason, B.R., Shearin, E.N., & Pierce, G.R. (1987). A brief measure of social support: practical and theoretical implications. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 4, 497-510.
71. Schafer, J.L., & Graham, J.W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7, 147-177.
72. Scharfe, E., & Cole, V. (2006). Stability and change of attachment representations during emerging adulthood: An examination of mediators and moderators of change. Personal Relationships, 13, 363-374.
73. Scharfe, E., & Eldredge, D. (2001). Associations between attachment representations and health behaviors in late adolescence. Journal of Health Psychology, 6, 295-307.
74. Schmidt, S., Nachtigall, C., Wuethrich-Martone, O., & Strauss, B. (2002). Attachment and coping with chronic disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53, 763-773.
75. Searle, B., & Meara, N.M. (1999). Affective dimensions of attachment styles: Exploring self-reported attachment style, gender and emotional experience among college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 46, 147-158.
76. Schwarzer, R. & Leppin, A. (1991). Social support and health: A theoretical and empirical overview. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 8, 99-127.
77. Shaver, P.R., & Mikulincer, J. (2004). What do self-report attachment measures assess? In W. S. Rholes, & J. A. Simpson (Eds.). Adult attachment: Theory, research, and clinical implications. (pp. 17-54). New York: Guilford.
78. Sher, K.J., & Rutledge, P.C. (2007). Heavy drinking across the transition to college: Predicting first-semester heavy drinking from precollege variables. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 819-835.
79. Shrout, P.E., & Bolger, N. (2002). Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: New procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods, 7, 422-445.
80. Shumaker, S.A., & Hill, D.R. (1991). Gender differences in social support and physical health. Health Psychology, 10, 102-111.
81. Simpson, J.A., Rholes, W.S., & Nelligan, J.S. (1992). Support-seeking and support-giving within couples in an anxiety-provoking situation: The role of attachment style. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 434-446.
82. Steptoe, A., O'Donnell, K., Marmot, M., & Wardle, J. (2008). Positive affect and psychosocial processes related to health. British Journal of Psychology, 99, 342-457.
83. Storbjørk, J. (2006). The interplay between self-choice and reported informal, formal and legal pressures in treatment entry. Contemporary Drug Problems, 33, 611-643.
84. Taylor, R.E., Mann, A.H., White, N.J., & Goldberg, D.P. (2000). Attachment style in patients with unexplained physical complaints. Psychological Medicine, 30, 931-941.
85. Taylor, S.E., Repetti, R.L., & Seeman, T. (1997). Health psychology: What is an unhealthy environment and how does it get under the skin? Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 411-447.
86. Tao, S., Dong, Q., Pratt, M.W., Hunsberger, B., & Pancer, S.M. (2000). Social support: Relations to coping and adjustment during the transition to university in the People's Republic of Change. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 123-144.
87. Uchino, B.N., Caciopppo, J.T., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (1996). The relationship between social support and physiological processes: A review with emphasis on underlying mechanisms and implications for health. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 488-531.
88. Vaillant, G.E., & Vaillant, C.O. (1990). Natural history of male psychological health, XII: A 45 year study of predictors of successful aging at age 65. American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 31-37.
89. Ware, J.E., Snow, K.K., Kosinski, M., & Gandek, B. (1993). SF-36 health survey manual and interpretation guide. Boston, MA: The Health Institute.
90. Watson, D. (1988). Intraindividual and interindividual analyses of positive and negative affect: Their relation to health complaints, perceived stress, and daily activities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1020-1030.
91. Watson, D., Clark, L.A., & Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063-1070.
92. Watson, D., & Pennebaker, J.W. (1988). Health complaints, stress and distress: Exploring the central role of negative affectivity. Psychological Review, 96, 234-254.
93. Weardon, A., Cook, L., & Vaughn-Jones, J. (2003). Adult attachment, alexithymia, symptom reporting and health-related coping. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55, 341-347.
94. Wei, M., Vogel, D.L., Ku, T-Y., & Zakalik, R.A. (2005). Adult attachment, affect regulation, negative mood, and interpersonal problems: The mediating roles of emotional reactivity and emotional cutoff. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52, 14-24.
95. Weinstein, S.M., Marmelstein, R., Shiffman, S., & Flay, B. (2008). Mood variability and cigarette smoking escalation among adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 504-513.
96. Wohlgemuth, E., & Betz, N.E. (1991). Gender as a moderator of the relationships of stress and social support to physical health in college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 38, 367-374.
97. World Health Organization. (1996). Basic documents (41sted.). Geneva, Switzerland: Author.