Neuroticism and attachment insecurity as predictors of bereavement outcome |
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| Authors: | Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij Margaret Stroebe Henk Schut Wolfgang Stroebe Jan van den Bout Peter van der Heijden Iris Dijkstra |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, PB 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Department Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, PB 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Adult attachment dimensions as well as the personality trait neuroticism have been shown to be related to psychological adjustment after bereavement. No investigations so far have studied the relative contribution of these constructs to grief and depression. In our study of 219 bereaved parents, the two adult attachment dimensions, attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, were compared to the personality trait neuroticism in predicting psychological adjustment. The attachment dimensions explained a unique part over and above neuroticism, but contrary to expectations, neuroticism explained more variance than attachment dimensions. Implications are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Adult attachment Neuroticism Parental bereavement Depression Grief |
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