Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study
This study investigated the potential impact of attachment styles and external shame on depression symptoms among married couples from low-income apartments in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. A door-to-door approach was used to recruit participants and collect data. Three research scales were used in...
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| author | Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Asmawati Desa, Fatimah Omar, Fatimah Wati Halim, Fatimah Yusooff, |
| author_facet | Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Asmawati Desa, Fatimah Omar, Fatimah Wati Halim, Fatimah Yusooff, |
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| description | This study investigated the potential impact of attachment styles and external
shame on depression symptoms among married couples from low-income apartments in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. A door-to-door approach was used to recruit participants and collect data. Three research scales were used in this study:
the Experience in Close Relationship-Revised Version questionnaire was used to
measure individual differences in adult attachment styles, the Other as Shamer
Scale was used to measure external shame, and the Personal Health Questionnaire was used to measure depression symptoms. This study reports that the most common depression symptoms reported are among individuals who experienced depression symptoms for less than one month. Results showed that dualinsecure couples (wives’ anxiety attachment and husbands’ avoidance attachment, wives’ avoidance attachment and husbands’ avoidance attachment) were
significantly correlated with depression in a sample of the wives. The findings also
revealed that a specific type of dual-insecure couples (wives’ anxiety attachment
and husbands’ avoidance attachment) was a predictor of depression symptoms.
These results provide evidence for a role of specific dual-insecure couples and
external shame on depression symptoms. (Abstract by authors) |
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| spelling | oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:13402021-05-18T02:46:31Z Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Asmawati Desa, Fatimah Omar, Fatimah Wati Halim, Fatimah Yusooff, BF Psychology HQ The family. Marriage. Woman This study investigated the potential impact of attachment styles and external shame on depression symptoms among married couples from low-income apartments in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. A door-to-door approach was used to recruit participants and collect data. Three research scales were used in this study: the Experience in Close Relationship-Revised Version questionnaire was used to measure individual differences in adult attachment styles, the Other as Shamer Scale was used to measure external shame, and the Personal Health Questionnaire was used to measure depression symptoms. This study reports that the most common depression symptoms reported are among individuals who experienced depression symptoms for less than one month. Results showed that dualinsecure couples (wives’ anxiety attachment and husbands’ avoidance attachment, wives’ avoidance attachment and husbands’ avoidance attachment) were significantly correlated with depression in a sample of the wives. The findings also revealed that a specific type of dual-insecure couples (wives’ anxiety attachment and husbands’ avoidance attachment) was a predictor of depression symptoms. These results provide evidence for a role of specific dual-insecure couples and external shame on depression symptoms. (Abstract by authors) 2017 Article PeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1340/1/library-document-1340.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0011.101 Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, and Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, and Asmawati Desa, and Fatimah Omar, and Fatimah Wati Halim, and Fatimah Yusooff, (2017) Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 11 (1). ISSN 1556–4908 https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1340/ |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Asmawati Desa, Fatimah Omar, Fatimah Wati Halim, Fatimah Yusooff, Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title | Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title_full | Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title_fullStr | Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title_short | Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles and External Shame on Depression Symptoms among Married Couples: A Preliminary Study |
| title_sort | relationship of adult attachment styles and external shame on depression symptoms among married couples: a preliminary study |
| topic | BF Psychology HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0011.101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0011.101 |