Adult attachment and early memories: A study of object relations.
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Title
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Adult attachment and early memories: A study of object relations.
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Identifier
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AAI9908318
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identifier
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9908318
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Creator
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Guerra, Juanita Patricia.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Steven B. Tuber
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Date
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1998
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical | Psychology, Cognitive
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Abstract
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This investigation aimed to better understand the concept of object relations by assessing its quality in subjects' attachment style and in their early memories. This study analyzed the relationship between how these two measures assess object relations. The subjects were 30 college educated Caucasian women in their first pregnancy. Subjects were first administered the Early Memories Test (Mayman, 1971) and then the Adult Attachment Interview (George et al., 1985). It was predicted that subjects with a secure attachment status would have a more positive and differentiated quality of object representations in their early memories than insecurely attached subjects. The results indicate that when looking at all memories, there is no significant relationship between the quality of subjects' object relations, as inferred from their early memories and their adult attachment status. However, looking at the modal scores revealed that, contrary to the prediction, insecure subjects have a more differentiated quality of object representations than secure subjects (t = {dollar}-{dollar}2.24, p {dollar}<{dollar}.05). The conflicting results indicate that both object relations measures assess similar, but not necessarily the same phenomena and that the concept of object relations remains complex and in need of further investigation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
