Matilda FrickUniversitetslektor, docent
Om mig
Jag är legitimerad psykolog sedan 2006 och disputerade 2019 vid Uppsala universitet på en avhandling om utveckling av självreglering under tidig barndom. Sedan 2022 är jag anställd som lektor vid Stockholms universitet och undervisar främst inom utredningsmetodik, samtalmetodik och utvecklingspsykologi. Min forskning rör olika aspekter av självreglering och/eller ADHD. T ex studerar jag utredning av ADHD, emotionsreglering hos tonåringar med ADHD och är även involverad i en studie om kogitiv utveckling hos barn med kraniosynostos.
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Attachment in older adults is stably associated with health and quality of life: findings from a 14-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study
2022. Loretta G. Platts, Aljosja Alm Norbrian, Matilda A. Frick. Aging & Mental Health
ArtikelLäs mer om Attachment in older adults is stably associated with health and quality of lifeObjectives: Secure adult attachment may promote health and well-being in old age, yet is understudied in this life phase. Consequently, we aim to examine associations between adult attachment and mental and physical health and quality of life, both concurrently and longitudinally.
Methods: We used three phases of the Whitehall II study (n = 5,222 to 6,713). Adult attachment was measured with the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) at 48–68 years. Mental and physical health was measured concurrently and 14 years later; quality of life was measured five years later. We used linear regressions to examine associations, controlling for age, gender and education.
Results: Almost half, 46% of participants, were classified as secure, 13% as preoccupied, 34% as dismissing and 7% as fearful. Adult attachment was associated with mental and physical health, concurrently and 14 years later, and with quality of life five years later. Preoccupied and fearful participants had poorest mental health and quality of life; dismissing participants held an intermediate position. Insecurely attached participants tended to report poorer physical health.
Conclusions: Adult attachment has enduring associations with mental and physical health, which suggests that the construct of adult attachment itself is stable in this phase of the life course.
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