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Trascuratezza emotiva, attaccamento e ansia da separazione nei disturbi alimentari: uno studio su pazienti adolescenti e sui loro genitori
Titolo Rivista: MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA 
Autori/Curatori: Grazia Attili, Lorenza Di Pentima, Alessandro Toni, Antonio Roazzi 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2016 Fascicolo: 2  Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  24 P. 95-118 Dimensione file:  312 KB
DOI:  10.3280/MAL2016-002006
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È stata confrontata, in un gruppo di pazienti con disturbi alimentari (N = 101, età media = 15.3 anni), la trascuratezza emotiva da parte del padre e della madre esperita da coloro che avevano modelli mentali dell’attaccamento (IWM) con alta ansia da separazione versus quella esperita da coloro con IWM a bassa ansia. È stata, inoltre, investigata l’associazione tra IWM ad alta ansia e sintomi psicopatologici. Gli stili parentali sono stati, poi, ricondotti agli IWM ad alta/bassa ansia dei genitori. Ai pazienti e ai loro genitori è stato somministrato il SAT per la misura degli IWM dell’attaccamento, ai pazienti il PBI per la misura del legame con i genitori e l’SCL-90 per lo spettro psicopatologico. I risultati evidenziano nei pazienti con IWM ad alta ansia maggior Costrizione Affettiva e Controllo non Affettivo da parte della madre e legami Deboli-assenti con il padre, e più sintomi psicopatologici. Inoltre, stili distorti di accudimento si associano a IWM ad alta ansia dei genitori stessi.


Keywords: Disturbi del comportamento alimentare, attaccamento con ansia da separazione, legami genitoriali, trascuratezza emotiva, psicopatologia

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