A Preliminary Investigation of Attachment Style and Inflammation in African American Young Adults

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dc.contributor.authorEhrlich, Katherine B.
dc.contributor.authorStern, Jessica A.
dc.contributor.authorEccles, Jacquelynne
dc.contributor.authorDinh, Julie V.
dc.contributor.authorHopper, Elizabeth A.
dc.contributor.authorKemeny, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Emma K.
dc.contributor.authorCassidy, Jude
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T21:31:57Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T21:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-08
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Attachment & Human Development on November 8, 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2018.1541516 .en_US
dc.description.abstractIndividuals’ social experiences are associated with their mental health, physical health, and even mortality. Over the last 30 years, researchers have examined the ways in which these social experiences might be associated with chronic inflammation – a component underlying many of the chronic diseases of aging. Little research, however, has examined the role of adults’ attachment style as a specific social component that might be associated with inflammation. In the present study, we utilized data from a sample of 59 African-American adults from the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study (MADICS) to examine the links between attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety and C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin (IL)-6. After controlling for demographic characteristics, body mass index, and depressive symptoms, attachment avoidance and anxiety were associated with IL-6 but not CRP. This study adds to the growing body of research identifying the wide range of social experiences associated with inflammation and further suggests that attachment relationship experiences may have implications for biological processes relevant to many chronic diseases of aging.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2018.1541516
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/eylh-vlok
dc.identifier.citationKatherine B. Ehrlich, Jessica A. Stern, Jacquelynne Eccles, Julie V. Dinh, Elizabeth A. Hopper, Margaret E. Kemeny, Emma K. Adam & Jude Cassidy (2019) A preliminary investigation of attachment style and inflammation in African-American young adults, Attachment & Human Development, 21:1, 57-69.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28529
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral & Social Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtPsychologyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectAttachment avoidanceen_US
dc.subjectattachment anxietyen_US
dc.subjectinflammationen_US
dc.subjectdepressive symptomsen_US
dc.titleA Preliminary Investigation of Attachment Style and Inflammation in African American Young Adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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