When a Head Is about to Burst: Attachment Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Migraine

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F20%3A73603331" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/20:73603331 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4579/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4579/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124579" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph17124579</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

When a Head Is about to Burst: Attachment Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Migraine

Original language description

Background: People exposed to childhood trauma show insecure attachment patterns and are more prone to chronic and pain-related conditions, including migraine. The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of attachment in the association between childhood trauma and adulthood chronic health conditions, with a focus on migraine. Methods: Respondents from a representative sample of citizens of the Czech Republic (n= 1800, mean age: 46.6 years, 48.7% male) were asked to report various chronic and pain-related conditions, childhood trauma (The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTQ), and attachment anxiety and avoidance (The Experience in Close Relationships Revised, ECR-R) in a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey conducted in 2016. Structural equation models (SEM) adjusted for sociodemographic variables were used to assess the relationship between childhood trauma, adulthood attachment, and adulthood chronic health conditions (migraine, other pain-related conditions, chronic health conditions other than pain, no chronic health complaints). Results: After adjusting for sociodemographic variables, SEM confirmed a significant mediation of the relationship between childhood trauma and migraine through adulthood attachment. There was no mediation effect of adulthood attachment found in other health complaints. Conclusion: This study highlights the mediation effect of attachment in the link between childhood trauma and migraine. Attachment-based therapeutic interventions can be useful in the treatment of patients with migraine.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-18964S" target="_blank" >GA19-18964S: The association of stressful life events across the life span, insecure attachment following childhood trauma, and resilience with health</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1661-7827

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000553602900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85086877031