Attachment Styles and Enneagram Types: Development and Testing of an Integrated Typology for use in Marriage and Family Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorArthur, Kristin Bedowen
dc.contributor.committeechairAllen, Katherine R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDolbin-MacNab, Megan L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKeeling, Margaret L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiercy, Fred P.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:10Zen
dc.date.adate2008-10-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:10Zen
dc.date.issued2008-08-29en
dc.date.rdate2008-10-22en
dc.date.sdate2008-09-12en
dc.description.abstractThis study developed and tested a new typology for use in Marriage and Family Therapy. The typology was created by integrating two already established typologies currently in use in MFT, the attachment style typology and the Enneagram typology. The attachment typology is based on attachment theory, a theory of human development that focuses on how infants and adults establish, monitor and repair attachment bonds. Differences in attachment style are associated with different kinds of relationship problems. The Enneagram typology categorizes people according to differences in attention processes. These differences in attention processes are also associated with different kinds of relationship problems, but also with different kinds of spiritual problems and talents. Support was found for both the internal and external validity of the integrated typology. The results were discussed in terms of relationship satisfaction and attachment based therapy. Implications for using the integrated typology to address spirituality in MFT were also discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09122008-102344en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09122008-102344/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28956en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartdissertationFINAL_EDT.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectspiritualityen
dc.subjectrelationship satisfactionen
dc.subjectExperiences in Close Relationships – Reviseden
dc.subjectemotional regulationen
dc.subjectattentionen
dc.titleAttachment Styles and Enneagram Types: Development and Testing of an Integrated Typology for use in Marriage and Family Therapyen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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