"Object Attachment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Emotional attachment to someone or something in the environment.
| Descriptor ID |
D009769
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.739.794.624
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| Concept/Terms |
Object Attachment- Object Attachment
- Attachment, Object
- Attachments, Object
- Object Attachments
- Bonding, Psychological
- Psychological Bonding
- Bonding (Psychology)
- Bondings (Psychology)
- Object Relationship
- Object Relationships
- Relationship, Object
- Relationships, Object
Symbiotic Relations (Psychology)- Symbiotic Relations (Psychology)
- Relation, Symbiotic (Psychology)
- Relations, Symbiotic (Psychology)
- Symbiotic Relation (Psychology)
Emotional Bonds- Emotional Bonds
- Bond, Emotional
- Emotional Bond
- Bonds, Emotional
Object Relations- Object Relations
- Object Relation
- Relation, Object
- Relations, Object
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Object Attachment" by people in Profiles.
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Perinatal obsessive-compulsive symptoms and maternal-infant bonding: A longitudinal examination of depression and relationship quality. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2026 Mar 28; 29(2).
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Object relations moderate the relationship between emotion regulation and quality of life among psychiatric inpatients: A brief report. Bull Menninger Clin. 2026; 90(1):42-57.
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What can we learn from the attachment narratives of Latinx immigrant youth? Descriptive data with implications for future research. Attach Hum Dev. 2026 02; 28(1):20-42.
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An exploratory structural equation modeling representation of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 in Iranian samples: Association with attachment, mentalizing, and personality pathology. Personal Disord. 2026 01; 17(1):42-52.
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A Neural Network Approach to Comparing AMPD and Object Relations Theory for Personality Disorder Assessment. J Pers Assess. 2026 Jan-Feb; 108(1):44-55.
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Psychometric Properties of Object Relations Scales for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank in an Inpatient Sample. J Pers Assess. 2026 Jan-Feb; 108(1):56-64.
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Mapping the Influence of Infant-Parent Relational Quality on Life Course Relationships: A Scoping Review of Prospective Cohort Studies. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2026 Jun; 29(2):213-228.
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Attachment Differences Across Close Relationships Among Inpatients With Avoidant or Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Pathology. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2025 May-Jun; 32(3):e70108.
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Na?ve Observers' Perceptions of Hospitalized and Community Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms. Behav Ther. 2025 Jul; 56(4):768-784.
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A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Empirical Studies on Earned Secure Attachment. Psychol Rep. 2026 Jun; 129(3):1807-1832.