The application of a qualitative approach to adult attachment research: a short report

Article


Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Frost, N. and Oskis, A. 2016. The application of a qualitative approach to adult attachment research: a short report. Quarterly.
TypeArticle
TitleThe application of a qualitative approach to adult attachment research: a short report
AuthorsBailey-Rodriguez, D., Frost, N. and Oskis, A.
Abstract

A qualitative pluralistic exploration of a couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood. This short article reports on the female partner during the pregnancy phase. It reports on her attachment history using BNIM and reports on her pregnancy phase using narrative analysis.

Research GroupQualitative and Mixed Methods Research group
PublisherPsychology Postgraduate Affairs Group
JournalQuarterly
ISSN1746-6016
Publication dates
Print01 Sep 2016
Publication process dates
Deposited23 Jun 2017
Accepted01 Jul 2015
Output statusPublished
Accepted author manuscript
Copyright Statement

© The Authors. This is the author’s manuscript, the final version of record is published in the Quarterly available from Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) at http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PsyPag-100-web.pd...

Additional information

Please cite published article as: Rodriguez, Deborah, Frost, Nollaig and Oskis, Andrea (2016) The application of a qualitative approach to adult attachment research: a short report. Quarterly (100) . pp. 10-14.

Web address (URL)http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PsyPag-100-web.pdf
LanguageEnglish
Permalink -

https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/870y8

  • 52
    total views
  • 114
    total downloads
  • 5
    views this month
  • 8
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

Critical social psychology, qualitative research and on being a research butterfly/magpie: 'Feel the fear and do it anyway'
Frith, H., Bailey-Rodriguez, D. and Aslan, T.N. 2024. Critical social psychology, qualitative research and on being a research butterfly/magpie: 'Feel the fear and do it anyway'. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin. 37 (1), pp. 8-15. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2024.1.37.8
A Delphi study to strengthen research-methods training in undergraduate psychology programs
Robert, R., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Bartlett, J., Blazey, P., Green, R., Pownall, M. and Munafò, M. 2024. A Delphi study to strengthen research-methods training in undergraduate psychology programs. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 7 (1), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231213808
Research-active therapists and therapy trainees: The need for continuity and clinical significance in our research
Cooper, M., Bailey-Rodriguez, D. and Fragkiadaki, E. 2023. Research-active therapists and therapy trainees: The need for continuity and clinical significance in our research. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin. 35 (1), pp. 5-10. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.35.5
A Delphi study to strengthen research methods training in undergraduate psychology programmes
Thibault, R., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Bartlett, J., Blazey, P., Green, R., Pownall, M. and Munafò, M. 2023. A Delphi study to strengthen research methods training in undergraduate psychology programmes. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gp9aj
"My heart and my brain is what's bleeding, these are just cuts." An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young women's experiences of self-harm
Norman, H., Marzano, L., Oskis, A. and Coulson, M. 2022. "My heart and my brain is what's bleeding, these are just cuts." An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young women's experiences of self-harm. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.914109
Parenting adolescent daughters: differential effects of maternal attachment insecurity and proximity-seeking
Oskis, A., Thorn, L. and Clow, A. 2022. Parenting adolescent daughters: differential effects of maternal attachment insecurity and proximity-seeking. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 24 (1), pp. 69-86. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2022-001005
The applications of attachment theory to working therapeutically with families in the context of children and young people
Parra, R. and Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2022. The applications of attachment theory to working therapeutically with families in the context of children and young people. in: Fuenzalida, C., Sempere, J. and Gavrila-Ardelean, M. (ed.) Working with family and community resources in educational, social and mental health contexts Presa Universitară Clujeană. pp. 98-132
The moderation effect of secure attachment on the relationship between positive events and wellbeing
Spence, R., Kagan, L., Nunn, S., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Fisher, H., Hosang, G. and Bifulco, A. 2022. The moderation effect of secure attachment on the relationship between positive events and wellbeing. PsyCh Journal. 11 (4), pp. 541-549. https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.546
Life events, depression and supportive relationships affect academic achievement in university students
Spence, R., Kagan, L., Nunn, S., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Fisher, H., Hosang, G. and Bifulco, A. 2022. Life events, depression and supportive relationships affect academic achievement in university students. Journal of American College Health. 70 (7), pp. 1931-1935. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1841776
"I can’t describe it and they can’t see the rain." an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of self-harm in young adults who report difficulties identifying and describing their feelings
Norman, H., Marzano, L., Oskis, A. and Coulson, M. 2023. "I can’t describe it and they can’t see the rain." an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of self-harm in young adults who report difficulties identifying and describing their feelings. Current Psychology. 42 (12), pp. 10151-10162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02273-7
MasterChef: a Master class in fight, flight, or flambé?
Oskis, A. 2021. MasterChef: a Master class in fight, flight, or flambé? Gastronomica. 21 (1), pp. 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.1.58
The relationship between alexithymia and self-harm: the mediating role of mindfulness
Norman, H., Marzano, L., Oskis, A. and Coulson, M. 2021. The relationship between alexithymia and self-harm: the mediating role of mindfulness. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01553-6
Doing qualitatively-driven mixed methods and pluralistic qualitative research
Frost, N. and Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2020. Doing qualitatively-driven mixed methods and pluralistic qualitative research. in: Bager-Charleson, S. and McBeath, A. (ed.) Enjoying Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research United States Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 13-35
The child attachment style interview (Child-ASI) and depression: preliminary findings
Bifulco, A., Jacobs, C., Oskis, A., Bunn, A. and Spence, R. 2021. The child attachment style interview (Child-ASI) and depression: preliminary findings. Educational and Child Psychology. 38 (1), pp. 62-74.
Qualitatively driven mixed-methods approaches to counselling and psychotherapy research
Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2021. Qualitatively driven mixed-methods approaches to counselling and psychotherapy research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 21 (1), pp. 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12383
Associations between adult attachment and vision-related quality of life in visually impaired individuals
Ctori, I., Ahmad, S., Subramanian, A. and Oskis, A. 2020. Associations between adult attachment and vision-related quality of life in visually impaired individuals. Psychology, Health & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2020.1778749
Assessing parenting in potentially abusive parents: a qualitative evaluation of practitioner responses to the parenting role interview
Barry, R., Edwards, S., Oskis, A. and Carraro, E. 2019. Assessing parenting in potentially abusive parents: a qualitative evaluation of practitioner responses to the parenting role interview. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (3), pp. 39-53. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2019-003004
Caregiving and care seeking as predictors of depression in girls: a pilot study of parenting in mother-daughter dyads
Oskis, A., Thorn, L. and Clow, A. 2019. Caregiving and care seeking as predictors of depression in girls: a pilot study of parenting in mother-daughter dyads. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (3), pp. 11-21. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2019-003002
The impact of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental-health services in Europe
Johannes, T., Jocelyn, D., Andrew, C., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Odete, d., Frank, F., Cathleen, G., Snaebjorn, G., Cecile, H., Martin, H., Jo, J., Ingegerd, K., Gabriela, K., Maria, K., Krzysztof, K., Boleslav, L., Konstantin, L., Donatella, M., Margarita, M., Serge, M., Merja, R., Shyhrete, R., Muhammet, S., Javier, S., Isabelle, T., Emilie, W., Christiaan, V., Marie-Clotilde, L. and Laurence, F. 2020. The impact of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental-health services in Europe. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 22 (7), pp. 516-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/15622975.2020.1844290
The relationship between self-harm and alexithymia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Norman, H., Oskis, A., Marzano, L. and Coulson, M. 2020. The relationship between self-harm and alexithymia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 61 (6), pp. 855-876. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12668
Exploring trauma and attachment style over the lifespan using secondary data: a single case study of two sisters
Bailey-Rodriguez, D. and Frost, N. 2019. Exploring trauma and attachment style over the lifespan using secondary data: a single case study of two sisters. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (2), pp. 45-59. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2019-002004
Multimodality, visual methods and lived experience
Reavey, P., Langer, S. and Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2019. Multimodality, visual methods and lived experience. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin. 28, pp. 7-12.
Quality in qualitative research
Frost, N. and Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2018. Quality in qualitative research. in: Sullivan, C. and Forrester, M. (ed.) Doing qualitative research in psychology - a practical guide London, UK Sage. pp. 60-77
Narrative analysis
Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Frost, N. and Elichaoff, F. 2018. Narrative analysis. in: Sullivan, C. and Forrester, M. (ed.) Doing qualitative research in psychology - a practical guide London, UK SAGE Publications. pp. 209-232
A qualitative analysis of John Bowlby’s last interview
Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2015. A qualitative analysis of John Bowlby’s last interview. Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis. 9 (2), pp. 158-164.
Lifetime trauma, adversity and emotional disorder in older age women
Bifulco, A., Jacobs, C., Oskis, A., Cavana, F. and Spence, R. 2019. Lifetime trauma, adversity and emotional disorder in older age women. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (2), pp. 29-43. https://doi.org/10.3280/mal2019-002003
Tourism, migration, and the exodus to virtual worlds: place attachment in massively multiplayer online gamers
Coulson, M., Oskis, A., Spencer, R. and Gould, R. 2020. Tourism, migration, and the exodus to virtual worlds: place attachment in massively multiplayer online gamers. Psychology of Popular Media. 9 (4), pp. 525-532. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000244
Using the attachment style interview to explore non-suicidal self-injury in men: the representational pathway from childhood trauma to non-suicidal self-injury
Oskis, A. and Borrill, J. 2019. Using the attachment style interview to explore non-suicidal self-injury in men: the representational pathway from childhood trauma to non-suicidal self-injury. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (1), pp. 23-37. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2019-001003
Attachment style and alexithymia as predictors of non-suicidal self-injury in young adults: a pilot study
Oskis, A. and Borrill, J. 2019. Attachment style and alexithymia as predictors of non-suicidal self-injury in young adults: a pilot study. Maltrattamento E Abuso All’infanzia: Rivista Interdisciplinare. 21 (1), pp. 11-21. https://doi.org/10.3280/MAL2019-001002
Characteristics of severe life events, attachment style, and depression – Using a new online approach
Bifulco, A., Kagan, L., Spence, R., Nunn, S., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Hosang, G., Taylor, M. and Fisher, H. 2019. Characteristics of severe life events, attachment style, and depression – Using a new online approach. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 58 (4), pp. 427-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12221
Repressors exhibit lower cortisol reactivity to group psychosocial stress
Oskis, A., Smyth, N., Flynn, M. and Clow, A. 2019. Repressors exhibit lower cortisol reactivity to group psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 103, pp. 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.220
Web-based measure of life events using Computerized Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR): preliminary cross-sectional study of reliability, validity, and association with depression
Bifulco, A., Spence, R., Nunn, S., Kagan, L., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Hosang, G., Taylor, M. and Fisher, H. 2019. Web-based measure of life events using Computerized Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR): preliminary cross-sectional study of reliability, validity, and association with depression. JMIR Mental Health. 6 (1). https://doi.org/10.2196/10675
“We’re both in the trenches together”: a pluralistic exploration of attachment behaviour dynamics in a heterosexual couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood
Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2018. “We’re both in the trenches together”: a pluralistic exploration of attachment behaviour dynamics in a heterosexual couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood. PhD thesis Middlesex University Psychology
Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on alexithymia: a systematic review
Norman, H., Marzano, L., Coulson, M. and Oskis, A. 2018. Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on alexithymia: a systematic review. Evidence-Based Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2018-300029
Attachment, attraction and communication in real and virtual worlds: a study of massively multiplayer online gamers
Coulson, M., Oskis, A., Meredith, J. and Gould, R. 2018. Attachment, attraction and communication in real and virtual worlds: a study of massively multiplayer online gamers. Computers in Human Behavior. 87, pp. 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.017
Avoidance of the real and anxiety about the unreal: attachment style and video-gaming
Coulson, M., Oskis, A. and Gould, R. 2017. Avoidance of the real and anxiety about the unreal: attachment style and video-gaming. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 18 (2), pp. 240-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463949117714085
Differences between diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in healthy female adolescents
Oskis, A., Clow, A., Thorn, L., Loveday, C. and Hucklebridge, F. 2012. Differences between diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in healthy female adolescents. Stress. 15 (1), pp. 110-114. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2011.582529
Adolescent attachment style in residential care: the attachment style interview and vulnerable attachment style questionnaire
Bifulco, A., Jacobs, C., Ilan-Clarke, Y., Spence, R. and Oskis, A. 2017. Adolescent attachment style in residential care: the attachment style interview and vulnerable attachment style questionnaire. The British Journal of Social Work. 47 (7), pp. 1870-1883. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcw117
Biological stress regulation in female adolescents: a key role for confiding
Oskis, A., Clow, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F. and Sbarra, D. 2015. Biological stress regulation in female adolescents: a key role for confiding. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 44 (5), pp. 1066-1077. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-014-0182-z
A qualitatively driven approach to multimethod and mixed methods research
Hesse-Biber, S., Bailey-Rodriguez, D. and Frost, N. 2015. A qualitatively driven approach to multimethod and mixed methods research. in: Hesse-Biber, S. and Johnson, R. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry Oxford; New York Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 3-20
“And it was all my choice but it didn’t feel like a choice”: a re-examination of interpretation of data using a ‘rhetoric of choice’ lens
Frost, N. and Bailey-Rodriguez, D. 2015. “And it was all my choice but it didn’t feel like a choice”: a re-examination of interpretation of data using a ‘rhetoric of choice’ lens. Women's Studies International Forum. 53, pp. 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.12.003
Anxious attachment style predicts an enhanced cortisol response to group psychosocial stress
Smyth, N., Thorn, L., Oskis, A., Hucklebridge, F., Evans, P. and Clow, A. 2015. Anxious attachment style predicts an enhanced cortisol response to group psychosocial stress. Stress. 18 (2), pp. 143-148. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2015.1021676
More than just a method: doctoral students' perspectives on the place of qualitatively driven mixed methods
Elichaoff, F., Bailey-Rodriguez, D. and Murphy, A. 2014. More than just a method: doctoral students' perspectives on the place of qualitatively driven mixed methods. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin.
Understanding alexithymia in female adolescents: the role of attachment style
Oskis, A., Clow, A., Hucklebridge, F., Bifulco, A., Jacobs, C. and Loveday, C. 2013. Understanding alexithymia in female adolescents: the role of attachment style. Personality and Individual Differences. 54 (1), pp. 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.023
Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol across the adolescent period in healthy females
Oskis, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F., Thorn, L. and Clow, A. 2009. Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol across the adolescent period in healthy females. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 34 (3), pp. 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.009
Recovery from adolescent anorexia nervosa and associations with diurnal patterns of salivary stress hormones: a case report
Oskis, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F., Wood, D. and Clow, A. 2012. Recovery from adolescent anorexia nervosa and associations with diurnal patterns of salivary stress hormones: a case report. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2012, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/798512
Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and DHEA in adolescent anorexia nervosa
Oskis, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F., Thorn, L. and Clow, A. 2012. Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and DHEA in adolescent anorexia nervosa. Stress. 15 (6), pp. 601-607. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2012.661493
Anxious attachment style and salivary cortisol dysregulation in healthy female children and adolescents
Oskis, A., Loveday, C., Hucklebridge, F., Thorn, L. and Clow, A. 2010. Anxious attachment style and salivary cortisol dysregulation in healthy female children and adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 52 (2), pp. 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02296.x