A Scale to Measure Nonattachment: A Buddhist Complement to Western Research on Attachment and Adaptive Functioning
A Scale to Measure Nonattachment: A Buddhist Complement to Western Research on Attachment and Adaptive Functioning
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DOI:
10.1080/00223890903425960
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Brown, Kirk Warren
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作者:
Sahdra, Baljinder Kaur;Shaver, Phillip R.;Brown, Kirk Warren
The Buddhist notion of ononattachmento (release from mental fixations) is related to but distinguishable from the Western construct of attachment. Secure (or insecure) attachment is based on internal working models related to security (or insecurity), whereas nonattachment is based on insight into the constructed and impermanent nature of mental representations. Based on historical and contemporary Buddhist scholarship, we designed the Nonattachment Scale and evaluated its psychometric properties in various samples. We also present evidence consistent with Buddhist theory that nonattachment is psychologically and socially adaptive, and we offer directions for further research on nonattachment.