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Fulltext Validation of the Malay version of the Parental Bonding Instrument among Malaysian youths using exploratory factor analysis

Muhammad NA, Shamsuddin K, Omar K, Shah SA, Mohd Amin R

Malays J Med Sci, 2014 Sep-Oct;21(5):51-9.
PMID: 25977634 MyJurnal

Parenting behaviour is culturally sensitive. The aims of this study were (1) to translate the Parental Bonding Instrument into Malay (PBI-M) and (2) to determine its factorial structure and validity among the Malaysian population.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
Parental bonding, depressive experiences, and symptomology: An investigation among college students in Malaysia

Yen J, Tam CL, Lee SL

Psych J, 2021 Aug;10(4):574-586.
PMID: 33928765 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.450

This study examined the perceptions of parental bonding, depressive experiences of self-criticism and dependency, and the current level of depressive symptomology among 212 college students from Sabah, Malaysia. The participants completed the brief version of the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Reconstructed Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, and the Patient Health Questionnaire. The results showed significant direct effects of maternal care, maternal overprotection, paternal care, self-criticism, and dependency on depressive symptomology. In contrast, the indirect effects of self-criticism and dependency on the relationship between parental bonding and depressive symptomology were not significant. These findings were in line with previous studies that have highlighted the significance of parent-child bonding, self-criticism, and dependency in the development of depressive symptomology. However, they contradicted previous results on the significant indirect effects of self-criticism and dependency. This study highlights the importance of parental care and overprotection, as they can predict the manifestation of depressive symptomology at a later stage in life.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment*
Fulltext 1-Butyl-1-chloro-3-methyl-3H-2,1λ(4)-benzoxa-tellurole: crystal structure and Hirshfeld analysis

Zukerman-Schpector J, Cunha R, Omori ÁT, Sousa Madureira L, Tiekink ERT

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2017 Apr 01;73(Pt 4):564-568.
PMID: 28435722 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989017003887

Two independent mol-ecules comprise the asymmetric unit in the title benzoxatellurole compound, C12H17ClOTe. The mol-ecules, with the same chirality at the methine C atom, are connected into a loosely associated dimer by Te⋯O inter-actions, leading to a {⋯Te-O}2 core. The resultant C2ClO2 donor set approximates a square pyramid with the lone pair of electrons projected to occupy a position trans to the n-butyl substituent. Inter-estingly, the Te(IV) atoms exhibit opposite chirality. The major difference between the independent mol-ecules relates to the conformation of the five-membered chelate rings, which is an envelope with the O atom being the flap, in one mol-ecule and is twisted about the O-C(methine) bond in the other. No directional inter-molecular inter-actions are noted in the mol-ecular packing beyond the aforementioned Te⋯O secondary bonding. The analysis of the Hirshfeld surface reveals the dominance of H⋯H contacts, i.e. contributing about 70% to the overall surface, and clearly differentiates the immediate crystalline environments of the two independent mol-ecules in terms of both H⋯H and H⋯Cl/Cl⋯H contacts.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
Adsorbed CO at polycrystalline copper in phosphate buffered solution

Jumat Salimon

Sains Malaysiana, 2007;36:27-32.

The adsorption of CO at polycrystalline copper surface was investigated spectroscopically. It was found that CO adsorbed as a linear adsorbed CO, Cu-COL and was a dominant species on copper surface at low CO concentration. A Cu-COL was electrochemically converted to a bridge bonded CO, Cu-COB at a high CO concentration condition. Increasing the CO surface coverage, qCO will increase the formation of adsorbed bridge bonded CO. A nitrogen gas purging treatment was used to examine the stability of an adsorbed CO through the evacuation process. The result showed that Cu-COB remained intact while Cu-COL was completely removed from the copper surface. It suggests that Cu-COL may involve in a weak bonding to a copper surface such as in a physisorbed interaction, while Cu-COB consists much stronger bonding such as a chemisorbed interaction. The N2 purging treatment also gave an additional prove that Cu-COB was partly converted to Cu(I)-CO at anodic potential regions.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
Fulltext Attachment: the mediating role of hope, religiosity, and life satisfaction in older adults

Pahlevan Sharif S, Amiri M, Allen KA, Sharif Nia H, Khoshnavay Fomani F, Hatef Matbue Y, et al.

Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2021 Feb 15;19(1):57.
PMID: 33588858 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-021-01695-y

BACKGROUND: Attachment and support from family and friends are core to the experiences of ageing for older adults. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between attachment styles and hope, religiosity, and life satisfaction and provide new knowledge that may assist future planning for a rapidly ageing global population.
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 504 Iranian older adult participants from Qazvin province were recruited between December 2015 and April 2016. They completed a questionnaire that included the Revised Adult Attachment Scale, the Life Satisfaction Index-Z, and the Herth Hope Index.
RESULTS: Participants in the study had a mean age of 66.20 years (SD: 5.76) and most of them were women (57.5%). A mediation model testing the direct relationships between attachment, hope, religiosity, and life satisfaction showed a positive relationship between close attachment and religiosity (β = .226, p

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment*
The role of psychological detachment in burnout and depression: A longitudinal study of Malaysian workers

Muhamad Nasharudin NA, Idris MA, Loh MY, Tuckey M

Scand J Psychol, 2020 Jun;61(3):423-435.
PMID: 32079048 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12622

The current study aimed to examine the role of psychological detachment in the relationship between working conditions and burnout and depression. First, the study proposed that job demands would increase burnout after four months but not depression. Second, it proposed that psychological detachment would moderate the impact of job demands and job resources on burnout and depression. Third, it was proposed that the interaction between job demands, job resources and psychological detachment would predict burnout and depression. The longitudinal study design involved 345 workers (at both Time 1 and Time 2). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that increasing psychological detachment reduced the negative relationship between physical demands and depression four months later. In contrast, high psychological detachment increased the negative association between emotional resources and burnout, but not between emotional resources and depression. Overall, this study, in its discovery of the impact of working conditions on psychological health, has made a new contribution to psychological detachment studies by using different sub-constructs of job demands and job resources (i.e., emotional and physical) with four-month gaps, as previous studies did not address the impact within this time frame.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
Fulltext Parent-adolescent relationships and its association to adolescents' self-esteem

Yaacob MJ

Malays J Med Sci, 2006 Jan;13(1):21-4.
PMID: 22589586

Psychoanalysts believed that early mother-child relationships form the prototype of all future relationships and the outcome of adolescents development depends on their ego-strength. Object relations theory believed that intrapsychic process mediates interpersonal interaction to develop a sense of secure self and adolescents must relinquish the internalized other in order to develop a more mature sense of self. Social-relation theory believed that mothers and fathers provide different socialization experiences. Self-esteem depends on the functioning of the whole family in which adolescent is intimately related to the dyadic relationship in a family. There is an association between interparental conflict and adolescent's self-esteem and problem behaviour.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
Insecure attachment style as a vulnerability factor for depression: recent findings in a community-based study of Malay single and married mothers

Abdul Kadir NB, Bifulco A

Psychiatry Res, 2013 Dec 30;210(3):919-24.
PMID: 24075307 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.034

The role of marital breakdown in women's mental health is of key concern in Malaysia and internationally. A cross-sectional questionnaire study of married and separated/divorced and widowed women examined insecure attachment style as an associated risk factor for depression among 1002 mothers in an urban community in Malaysia. A previous report replicated a UK-based vulnerability-provoking agent model of depression involving negative evaluation of self (NES) and negative elements in close relationships (NECRs) interacting with severe life events to model depression. This article reports on the additional contribution of insecure attachment style to the model using the Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire (VASQ). The results showed that VASQ scores were highly correlated with NES, NECR and depression. A multiple regression analysis of depression with backward elimination found that VASQ scores had a significant additional effect. Group comparisons showed different risk patterns for single and married mothers. NES was the strongest risk factor for both groups, with the 'anxious style' subset of the VASQ being the best additional predictor for married mothers and the total VASQ score (general attachment insecurity) for single mothers. The findings indicate that attachment insecurity adds to a psychosocial vulnerability model of depression among mothers cross-culturally and is important in understanding and identifying risk.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment*
Fulltext Development and validation of the maternal blues scale through bonding attachments in predicting postpartum blues

Manurung S, Setyowati S

Malays Fam Physician, 2021 Mar 25;16(1):64-74.
PMID: 33948144 DOI: 10.51866/oa1037

Background: Postpartum blues in Indonesia has a high prevalence at 37% to 67%. Postpartum blues syndrome has been described as varying changes in the affective domain, such as feelings, behavior, or thoughts, that can be influenced by the roles and tasks of women, along with their social, cultural, and economic support. Instruments that measure maternal blues through bonding attachment behavior have never before been developed in Indonesia.
Objective: This study aimed to develop a maternal blues scale through bonding attachments to predict postpartum blues.
Method: The research design consisted of three stages: 1) phenomenology design and focus group discussion; 2) development and construction of the maternal blues scale, and 3) a cross-sectional study to measure validation of the scales. Respondents were postpartum mothers in the first week after birth. The sample comprised 501 participants. Sampling was done by consecutive sampling at the Public Health Center (PUSKESMAS) in the South Jakarta area. Data analysis used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), correlation, and a diagnostic testing .
Results: Item analysis produced 32 items consisting of 24 items regarding the mother's role and duties as internal factors and eight factors involving social, cultural, and economic support as external factors. Both factors were valid and reliable in predicting postpartum blues with indicators (t loading factors ≥ 1.96, standardized loading factor (SLF) ≥.50, internal factors: construct reliability (CR) ≥ .70 and extraction variants (VE) ≥ .50 and external factors: CR ≥ .74 to .83 VE ≥ .50 to .63). The relationship with Kennerley's maternity blues as a gold standard was significant. Internal factors had a score of 53, with a sensitivity of 60.2%. The external factors score was 19, with a sensitivity of 77.3%.
Conclusion: The new scale for postpartum blues prediction developed displayed internal consistency and validity of each indicator (internal and external factors) that was good (CR ≥ .70; VE ≥ .50). This scale provides a feasible tool to predict postpartum blues.

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment
The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic status in Southeast Asian mothers' parenting sensitivity

Heng J, Quan J, Sim LW, Sanmugam S, Broekman B, Bureau JF, et al.

Attach Hum Dev, 2018 Feb;20(1):24-42.
PMID: 28840781 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1365912

Past research indicates that socioeconomic status (SES) accounts for differences in sensitivity across ethnic groups. However, comparatively little work has been conducted in Asia, with none examining whether ethnicity moderates the relation between SES and sensitivity. We assessed parenting behavior in 293 Singaporean citizen mothers of 6-month olds (153 Chinese, 108 Malay, 32 Indian) via the Maternal Behavioral Q-Sort for video interactions. When entered into the same model, SES (F(1,288) = 17.777, p

Matched MeSH terms: Object Attachment