Volume 27, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2017.1043
Attachment and Overcoming Cope With Loss of A Loved One
Abstract
Recent research has investigated the relationship between attachment, as a mediator, and overcoming an adaptive loss. A cross-sectional study of 96 persons who have lost a significant person was performed. Two types of loss were analyzed: loss by death (n = 50) and loss by rupture of the couple (n = 46). Results show greater difficulty in overcoming the loss of a significant person in people with insecure attachment. These results are particularly significant in the case of anxious attachment and in the group of couples breaking.
Keywords
Attachment, bereavement, loss, rupture, death