Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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952018 | Journal of Research in Personality | 2007 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Adult attachment dimensions as well as the personality trait neuroticism have been shown to be related to psychological adjustment after bereavement. No investigations so far have studied the relative contribution of these constructs to grief and depression. In our study of 219 bereaved parents, the two adult attachment dimensions, attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, were compared to the personality trait neuroticism in predicting psychological adjustment. The attachment dimensions explained a unique part over and above neuroticism, but contrary to expectations, neuroticism explained more variance than attachment dimensions. Implications are discussed.
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Authors
Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij, Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut, Wolfgang Stroebe, Jan van den Bout, Peter van der Heijden, Iris Dijkstra,