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Attachment and aged care: a systematic review of current research

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posted on 2019-02-01, 00:00 authored by Gery KarantzasGery Karantzas, Daniel Romano, Juwon Lee
Attachment theory is an important framework from which to examine familial aged care. Despite this, the role of attachment in later-life caregiving remains unclear. The current study presents a systematic review of papers within the last five years on attachment and various outcomes related to familial aged care. For the caregiver, attachment anxiety was associated with poorer mental health, and attachment insecurity with a more controlling manner of caregiving. The few studies conducted with care recipients found that attachment insecurity was associated with greater self-appraisals of dementia symptoms and a lower sense of security. Research continues to suffer from the use of inadequate assessments of individual differences into adult attachment.

History

Journal

Current opinion in psychology

Volume

25

Pagination

37 - 46

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

eISSN

2352-2518

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, Elsevier Ltd