Aim of this study is to analyze the associations between young adults attachment working models, alexithymia, end the cognitive style in terms of the field-dependence/independence. The research involved 309 subjects (189 females and 120 males), aged 18 and 25. All the subjects were administered, the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) questionnaire in order to examine the attachment styles and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), in order to measure the degree of alexithymia. In a subsample of 112 subjects (189 females and 120 males), between the ages of 19 and 24, the field dependence measurement was made by way of the Embedded Figure Test. Results show that the data confirms the hypothesis advanced. The dimensional components of ECR, anxiety and avoidances, predict both TAS-20 and field-dependence. Alexithymia, measured in terms of total scale of TAS-20, associated with an insecure style of attachment, and specifically with disorganization and avoidance. Furthermore, avoidance seems to be predictive, both of field-dependence and of the elevated degree of alexithymia. From the results, it is possible to argument in favour of the hypothesis that alexithymia and the difficulty in determining and describing the emotions are the outcome of having experimented caregivers that were thick-skinned and incapable of recognizing the requests for comfort and replying accordingly. Field-dependence/independence associates both to alexithymia and to styles of attachment, but attachment, and more specifically its avoidance component, seems to be mostly predictive of high levels of alexithymia and of a marked field-dependence.
Il presente lavoro ha come scopo analizzare, in un campione di giovani adulti, le associazioni tra i modelli mentali dell’attaccamento, esito della qualità della relazione d’accudimento tra madre e bambino, il grado della loro regolazione emotiva misurata in termini di alessitimia e i loro stili cognitivi relativi alla campo-dipendenza/indipendenza. Lo studio ha coinvolto 309 soggetti, 189 femmine e 120 maschi, di età compresa tra 18 e 25 anni, (età media 21,83 ± 3,12 anni). A tutti i soggetti sono stati somministrati, in un’unica sessione, l’Experience in Close Relationships (ECR), per misurare i loro stili di attaccamento, e la versione a 20 item della Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) per misurare il grado di alessitimia. In un sottocampione, composto da 112 soggetti (61 femmine e 51 maschi) di età compresa tra 19 e 24 anni (M 21,48 e DS 2,33) è stata misurata attraverso l’Embedded Figure Test (EFT) il grado campo-dipendenza/indipendenza. I dati confer mano le ipotesi avanzate. Le componenti dimensionali dell’ECR, Ansietà ed Evitamento, risultano essere predittori sia per la scala totale della TAS-20 sia per la campo-dipendenza/indipendenza. Le diverse tipologie d’attaccamento, inoltre, evidenziano molto chiaramente come l’alessitimia, data dalla scala totale della TAS-20, sia associata con uno stile d’attaccamento insicuro e nello specifico con l’attaccamento di tipo Disorganizzato ed Evitante e come la campo-dipendenza sia associata principalmente con i soggetti Disorganizzati ed Evitanti. Inoltre, la componente dell’evita- mento risulta essere predittiva sia della campo-dipendenza sia di una elevata alessitimia. Dai risultati si può avanzare l’ipotesi che l’alessitimia e la difficoltà di individuare e descrivere le emozioni sono l’esito dell’aver sperimentato caregiver poco sensibili ed incapaci di riconoscere e accogliere le richieste di conforto. La campo-dipendenza/indipendenza risulta essere associata sia alla alessitimia che agli stili di attaccamento, ma l’attaccamento, e più specificatamente la componente dell’evitamento, sembrerebbe essere l’aspetto predittivo sia di una elevata alessitimia sia di una marcata campo-dipendenza.
Stili d’attaccamento, Alessitimia e Campo-Dipendenza in un campione di giovani adulti / Toni, Alessandro. - In: PSICOLOGIA CLINICA DELLO SVILUPPO. - ISSN 1824-078X. - STAMPA. - 2:(2010), pp. 325-357. [10.1449/32690]
Stili d’attaccamento, Alessitimia e Campo-Dipendenza in un campione di giovani adulti.
TONI, Alessandro
2010
Abstract
Aim of this study is to analyze the associations between young adults attachment working models, alexithymia, end the cognitive style in terms of the field-dependence/independence. The research involved 309 subjects (189 females and 120 males), aged 18 and 25. All the subjects were administered, the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) questionnaire in order to examine the attachment styles and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), in order to measure the degree of alexithymia. In a subsample of 112 subjects (189 females and 120 males), between the ages of 19 and 24, the field dependence measurement was made by way of the Embedded Figure Test. Results show that the data confirms the hypothesis advanced. The dimensional components of ECR, anxiety and avoidances, predict both TAS-20 and field-dependence. Alexithymia, measured in terms of total scale of TAS-20, associated with an insecure style of attachment, and specifically with disorganization and avoidance. Furthermore, avoidance seems to be predictive, both of field-dependence and of the elevated degree of alexithymia. From the results, it is possible to argument in favour of the hypothesis that alexithymia and the difficulty in determining and describing the emotions are the outcome of having experimented caregivers that were thick-skinned and incapable of recognizing the requests for comfort and replying accordingly. Field-dependence/independence associates both to alexithymia and to styles of attachment, but attachment, and more specifically its avoidance component, seems to be mostly predictive of high levels of alexithymia and of a marked field-dependence.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.