@article{ref1,
title="Attachment style and defense mechanisms in parents who abuse their children",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2010",
author="Cramer, Phebe and Kelly, Francis D.",
volume="198",
number="9",
pages="619-627",
abstract="Adult attachment style, defense mechanisms, and personal history of abuse was studied in a group of abusive parents. As a group, these parents made unusually high use of the defense of denial; this was especially true of those with a Fearful attachment style. However, the use of Identification was characteristic of those with a Preoccupied attachment style. Further, personal abuse history was related to adult attachment style. Those who reported having been abused as a child were less likely to have a Secure attachment style, and a history of physical or sexual abuse was associated with a Preoccupied style. In general, these findings support the deactivating/hyperactivating defensive theory of Mikulincer et al (Emotion Regulation in Couples and Families: Pathways to Dysfunction and Health. 2006; pp 77-99. Washington (WA): American Psychological Association).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ef3ee1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ef3ee1"
}