Eriksson, L;
Arnautovska, U;
McPhedran, S;
Mazerolle, P;
Wortley, R;
(2021)
Child and Adult Attachment Styles among Individuals Who Have Committed Filicide: The Case for Examining Attachment by Gender.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
, 20
(1)
pp. 63-79.
10.1080/14999013.2020.1821128.
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Abstract
Gender differences in self-reported attachment styles of 18 individuals who had committed filicide were examined. Insecure attachment styles (avoidant and/or anxious-ambivalent) to primary caregivers were particularly common among males. Almost all experienced insecure romantic attachment. Partial support for insecure attachment continuity (childhood to adulthood), particularly among men, was found. Comparisons with 283 men and women who had committed other homicide types revealed that filicide males were the most common (across offender gender and victim-offender relationship) to hold insecure attachment to maternal caregivers. The role and nature of attachment patterns should be extended beyond the existing research focus on maternal filicide.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Child and Adult Attachment Styles among Individuals Who Have Committed Filicide: The Case for Examining Attachment by Gender |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14999013.2020.1821128 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2020.1821128 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Attachment, homicide, filicide, child maltreatment, violence |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10113312 |
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