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My pet has passed”

Relations of adult attachment styles and current feelings of grief and trauma after the event

Bibliographic Data

ID12096732
AuthorsOli Brown (0000-0002-6403-0271, Acadia University), Olivia Brown (0009-0005-6849-0231), Olivia K Brown, Douglas K Symons (Acadia University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume40
Issue4
Pages247-255
Publication date2015-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481187.2015.1128499
PMID26678396
OpenAlexW2217705874
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited33

This study examined attachment relationships and emotional distress after the passing of a pet. Participants were 73 university students 17-26 years of age who had lost a family pet within the past 5 years. They completed measures of attachment styles toward people and their pet, as well as complicated grief, depression, and trauma. As hypothesized, there were positive relations between attachments with people and pets, and anxiety in pet attachment was positively related to complicated grief, even when attachment with people was controlled. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of attachment style to grief over loss

Anxiety · Attachment theory · Complicated grief · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Disenfranchised grief · Distress · Feeling · Grief · Insecure attachment · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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