TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Alexithymia and attachment insecurities in impulsive aggression
JO  - Attachment and human development
A1  - Fossati, Andrea
A1  - Acquarini, Elena
A1  - Feeney, Judith A.
A1  - Borroni, Serena
A1  - Grazioli, Federica
A1  - Giarolli, Laura E.
A1  - Franciosi, Gianluca
A1  - Maffei, Cesare
SP  - 165
EP  - 182
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - The aims of this study were to develop a new measure of impulsive aggressiveness, and to assess whether this measure was associated with deficits in mentalized affectivity and adult attachment styles in a sample of 637 non-clinical participants. Extending Fonagy and Bateman's (2004) hypothesis, the mediating role of poor affectivity mentalization in the relationship between insecure attachment styles and impulsive aggression was also evaluated. Selected insecure attachment styles (R2(adjusted) = .18, p < .001) and deficits in mentalized affectivity (R(2)(adjusted) = .25, p < .001) were significantly associated with impulsive aggressiveness. The overall regression model accounted for roughly 33% of the variance in impulsive aggressiveness. Mentalization deficits significantly mediated the effects of attachment styles on impulsive aggressiveness, although effect size measures suggested that only partial mediation occurred.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1461-6734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616730802625235
ID  - ref1
ER  -