Adult attachment styles and the psychological response to infant bereavement

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Model of the proposed three-stage analytic plan.

Table 1 Model fit indexes for the 2–6 class solutions

Model	Log likelihood	AIC	BIC	ssaBIC	Entropy	LMRT
2-class	1575.273	3172.546	3220.802	3185.880	0.84	193.307**
3-class	1530.138	3096.277	3175.241	3118.096	0.79	88.294**
4-class	1504.952	3059.904	3169.576	3090.209	0.82	49.271*
5-class	1481.966	3027.932	3168.312	3066.722	0.74	44.967
6-class	1469.746	3017.492	3188.581	3064.768	0.70	23.905

Note:

* =p<0.05

** =p<0.001

AIC=Akaike Information Criterion; BIC=Bayesian Information Criterion; ssaBIC=sample size-adjusted Bayesian Information Criterion; LMRT, Lo–Mendell–Rubin Test.

Fig. 2 Four-class LPA plot with estimated means and probability scale (SE).

Table 2 Multinomial logistic regressions results for predictor variables predicting class membership

	Estimate	SE	Est./SE	p	Odds ratio
Fearful
Gender	2.054	0.842	2.439	0.015	7.80
Age	−0.083	0.069	−1.209	0.227	0.92
Loss time	0.98	0.106	0.920	0.357	1.10
Peri-/post-natal	−0.407	0.402	−1.013	0.311	0.66
Dismissive
Gender	−0.947	0.590	−1.605	0.108	0.38
Age	0.022	0.062	0.353	0.724	1.02
Loss time	−0.086	0.169	−0.511	0.610	1.02
Peri-/post- natal	−0.350	0.642	−0.545	0.586	0.70
Preoccupied
Gender	−0.021	0.257	0.082	0.935	0.97
Age	0.002	0.025	0.092	0.926	1.00
Loss time	−0.006	0.050	0.127	0.899	0.99
Peri-post-natal	0.305	0.252	1.210	0.226	1.35

Table 3 Mean scores and standard errors (SE) for TSC subscales across attachment classes

	Depression (SE)	Anxiety (SE)	Dissoc. (SE)	Sleep (SE)	Somat. (SE)	S. Intere. (SE)	Aggress. (SE)
Fearful	21.42 (0.83)**	14.03 (0.68)**	12.72 (0.62)**	7.06 (0.40)*	13.28 (0.65)**	13.56 (0.63)**	7.026 (0.30)**
Dismiss.	14.87 (0.78)	10.05 (0.66)	8.97 (0.49)	5.67 (0.45)	9.21 (0.13)	10.61 (0.64)	5.54 (0.33)
Secure	14.59 (0.18)	9.96 (0.12)	8.82 (0.11)	5.54 (0.10)	9.21 (0.65)	9.39 (0.11)	5.03 (0.06)
Preocc.	16.57 (0.36)	11.22 (0.26)	10.12 (0.26)	6.17 (0.20)	10.39 (0.26)	10.97 (0.26)	5.89 (0.14)
χ ^2 p	90.616 0.000	54.546 0.000	60.283 0.000	73.936 0.000	54.396 0.000	77.068 0.000	73.603 0.000

Note:

* =p<0.05

** =p<0.001.