Are Depressive Symptoms and Attachment Styles Associated with Observed and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Couples Coping With Genito-Pelvic Pain ?

Bosisio, Myriam; Pâquet, Myriam; Bois, Katy; Rosen, Natalie O.; Bergeron, Sophie

doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1610691

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“…Our result is also in line with past studies that have suggested that CCM is related to multiple negative outcomes in adolescents and young adults via higher attachment anxiety (Dion et al, 2019;Godbout et al, 2009;Riggs et al, 2011). Furthermore, congruent with our findings, studies have shown that CCM is related to higher attachment anxiety in adolescents and young adults (Bigras et al, 2017;Dion et al, 2019) and others have reported that attachment anxiety is related to lower PPR (Bosisio et al, 2020;Segal & Fraley, 2016).…”

Section: Association Between Ccm and Ppr Via Attachment Anxietysupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Attachment theory suggests that attachment influences how individuals perceive close others (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991). A handful of studies have shown that a person's attachment anxiety and avoidance are associated with their own lower PPR (Bosisio et al, 2020; Rodriguez et al, 2019; Segal & Fraley, 2016). Moreover, in a daily dyadic study of 100 heterosexual couples, a person's attachment avoidance was associated with their partner's lower PPR (Mizrahi et al, 2018).…”

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Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults

Gosselin,

Daspe,

Brassard

et al. 2024

J Marital Family Therapy

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Cumulative childhood maltreatment (CCM) is associated with relationship difficulties including lower perceived partner responsiveness (PPR)—the degree of feeling cared for, understood, and validated by a person's partner. Attachment theory is understood via its representations of self and others and could offer a better understanding of how CCM effects continue into adulthood and affect PPR. We examined whether CCM is related to PPR via attachment in French‐speaking adolescents and young adults. A sample of 427 individuals in a romantic relationship and another sample of 159 couples completed self‐report measures. In both samples, a person's CCM was associated with their own lower PPR via their higher attachment anxiety and avoidance. In the dyadic sample, a person's CCM was associated with their partner's lower PPR via their own higher attachment anxiety. Attachment insecurities help understand the associations between CCM and PPR and may represent an important intervention target.

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Section: Association Between Ccm and Ppr Via Attachment Anxietysupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults

Gosselin,

Daspe,

Brassard

et al. 2024

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…In the quote above, he describes 'the black dog' disrupting his romantic relationship. Indeed, on average, people high on depressive symptoms experience lower relational wellbeing (Bosisio et al, 2020;Cramer & Jowett, 2010;Don & Mickelson, 2012;Gilmour et al, 2021;Li & Johnson, 2018;Whisman & Uebelacker, 2009), But how does depression 'take love and bury intimacy'? Researchers have identified poor communication as a potential mechanism (Li & Johnson, 2018;Rehman et al, 2008;Sharabi et al, 2016).…”

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Untangling Social Reminiscing and Emotional Support

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<p>Different researchers prioritise different conversational processes as core to our relationships and our wellbeing. Two such processes are social reminiscing and emotional support. Social reminiscing and emotional support share conceptual and functional similarities, but previous research has not systematically compared them. Could they be the same? This thesis sought to disentangle social reminiscing from emotional support in several ways. In Chapter 2, participants imagined stressful scenarios (Study 1, N = 381) or recalled stressful and happy past events (Study 2, N = 380), and reported on the social reminiscing and emotional support that they desired (Study 1) or received (Study 2) from their conversation partner. Study 1’s results indicated that social reminiscing and emotional support are statistically distinct processes: People desired more reminiscing when they felt closer to the support provider, but desired consistently high levels of emotional support, regardless of how close they felt to the support provider. Study 2 produced more mixed results, finding no evidence that closeness changed how much reminiscing or emotional support was recalled in real life. Chapter 3 developed and validated a dyadic observational coding scheme for social reminiscing with a sample of people who discussed past events (a memory-directed context; Study 3, N = 51 dyads) and a sample of romantic partners who discussed future goals (i.e., a support-directed context; Study 4, N = 100 dyads). Results provided further evidence that social reminiscing and emotional support are distinct processes that work in tandem within a conversation. Finally, Chapter 4 included an observational study (N = 66 dyads) which examined the links between people’s depressive symptoms, dyadic patterns of social reminiscing and emotional support in conversations, and relational wellbeing. No evidence emerged linking depressive symptoms with patterns of social reminiscing and emotional support. However, discriminant findings indicated that social reminiscing predicted greater satisfaction with the conversation, but not perceived partner responsiveness. Conversely, emotional support predicted greater perceived partner responsiveness, but not satisfaction. Altogether, this thesis presents the first evidence that social reminiscing and emotional support can be statistically distinguished and are each a unique feature of conversations. Practically, this research suggests that in a real-world conversation, people respond qualitatively differently to past-tense and present-tense emotions. More inter-disciplinary work between relationship scientists and autobiographical memory researchers will be fruitful because their different theories are complementary.</p>

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Persistent Genitopelvic Pain: Classification, Comorbidities, Chronicity, and Interpersonal Factors

Pukall

Bergeron

Rosen

et al. 2020

Curr Sex Health Rep

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Are Depressive Symptoms and Attachment Styles Associated with Observed and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Couples Coping With Genito-Pelvic Pain ?

Cited by 4 publications

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Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults

Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults

Untangling Social Reminiscing and Emotional Support

Persistent Genitopelvic Pain: Classification, Comorbidities, Chronicity, and Interpersonal Factors

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