Assessment of Patterns of Insecure Attachment in Adults and Application to Dependent and Schizoid Personality Disorders

West, Malcolm; Rose, M. Sarah; Sheldon-Keller, Adrienne

doi:10.1521/pedi.1994.8.3.249

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“…Such an integration has successively gained momentum ever since Bowlby's participation in an early volume on CPT (Guidano and Reda, 1981). Currently, however, attachment theory constitutes a main theoretical framework both for therapists who practise a developmental-constructivist CPT, and for those working within a psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic, or family-systemic tradition (Heard, 1974(Heard, , 1978Guidano and Liotti, 1983;Jones, 1983;Reda, 1986Reda, , 1996Perris, 1986Perris, /1996Perris, , 1992Perris, , 1993aPerris, , 1996aGuidano, 1991;Bacciagaluppi, 1989;Liotti, 1991aLiotti, , 1991bLiotti, , 1995Liotti, , 1996Byng-Hall, 1991;Dolan et al, 1993;Lyddon and Alford, 1993;Holmes, 1993Holmes, , 1996Turner et al, 1994;Moretti et al, 1994;Lyddon and Satterfield, 1994;Patrick et al, 1994;Alexander and Anderson, 1994;Doane and Diamond, 1994;Sperling and Berman, 1994;West and Sheldon-Keller, 1994;Ruberti, 1996;Fonagy et al, 1996;Rezzonico and Ruberti, 1996;Heard and Lake, 1997;Liotti and Intreccialagli, 1998;Fonagy, 1998;Aquilar and Del Castello, 1998).…”

Section: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy: Basic Principlesmentioning

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Personality-related disorders of interpersonal behaviour: a developmental-constructivist cognitive psychotherapy approach to treatment based on attachment theory

Perris

2000

Clin. Psychol. Psychother.

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In a previous article in this Journal, the suggestion was made, based on attachment theory and developed within the theoretical framework of a multifactorial conception of individual vulnerability, that personality disorders could be conceptualized as personality-related disorders of interpersonal behaviour. In this article a sketch is made of how such a conceptualization might have an impact on the conduct of therapy. Accordingly, a condensed description is given of a developmental-constructivist cognitive psychotherapy approach to the treatment of patients with this kind of disorder.

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Section: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy: Basic Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality-related disorders of interpersonal behaviour: a developmental-constructivist cognitive psychotherapy approach to treatment based on attachment theory

Perris

2000

Clin. Psychol. Psychother.

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“…Nor was insecure attachment limited to a BPD population. In addition to the relationship between several personality disorders and preoccupied attachment [20], research using self-report measures linked avoidant and dependent personality disorders with preoccupied attachment, while schizoid, narcissistic, antisocial and paranoid personality disorders have been linked to dismissing attachment [21,22]; insecure attachment patterns have also been been linked with cluster B ‘dramatic' personality disorders [23]. Insecure/dismissing AAI classifications have been linked to adults with conduct or externalizing disorders [19]; Meyer and Pilkonis [24] implicated dismissing attachment, characterized by an inflated internal working model of the self as superior but insufficiently acknowledged and a negative evaluation of the other, in the development of narcissistic personality disorder.…”

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Personality Disorders, Attachment and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

2014

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While attachment has been a fruitful and critical concept in understanding enduring individual templates for interpersonal relationships, it does not have a well-understood relationship to personality disorders, where impairment of interpersonal functioning is paramount. Despite the recognition that attachment disturbances do not simply reflect nonoptimal caretaking environments, the relationship of underlying temperamental factors to these environmental insults has not been fully explored. In this paper we provide an alternate model for the role of neurobiological temperamental factors, including brain circuitry and neuropeptide modulation, in mediating social cognition and the internalization and maintenance of attachment patterns. The implications of these altered attachment patterns on personality disorders and their neurobiological and environmental roots for psychoanalytically based treatment models designed to ameliorate difficulties in interpersonal functioning through the medium of increased access to mature forms of mentalization is discussed.

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“…Une personne avec un trouble de personnalité, par exemple la personnalité borderline, schizoïde, antisociale, histrionique, aurait tendance à avoir des difficultés relationnelles, et ce, depuis l'enfance ou l'adolescence (APA, 2000 ;Magnavita, 2004 ;West et al, 1994). Certains troubles de la personnalité sont généralement liés à un style d'attachement : les personnalités du groupe A (schizoïde, schizotypique et paranoïaque) sont associées au type d'attachement évitant tandis que les personnalités du groupe B (antisociale, histrionique, borderline et narcissique) et celles du groupe C (évitante, dépendante et obsessionnelle) sont associées au type d'attachement anxieux (Bartholomew et al, 2001 ;Bender et al, 2001 ;Crawford et al, 2007 ;Gunderson, 1996 ;Levy et Orlans, 2004 ;Magnavita, 2004 ;Mauricio et al, 2007 ;Sable, 1997 ;Scott et al, 2009 ;Timmerman et Emmelkamp, 2006).…”

Section: Styles D'attachement Troubles De Personnalité Et Violence Eunclassified

Lien entre troubles de personnalité, troubles de l’attachement et comportements violents : synthèse des écrits

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2012

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Dans cet article, les auteures présentent une synthèse des écrits qui mettent en lumière le lien entre les troubles de la personnalité, les troubles de l’attachement et les comportements violents. Il a été établi que les troubles de personnalité et les troubles de l’attachement favoriseraient le passage à l’acte violent en contexte conjugal. Les auteures soulignent l’importance d’améliorer les connaissances sur cette relation afin d’adapter l’intervention auprès de la clientèle violente aux prises avec une problématique au niveau de la personnalité ou du lien d’attachement.Past research has established that personality disorders and attachment disorders are important risk factors for the perpetration of violent acts in a context of an intimate relationship. Very few studies have been conducted linking personality and attachment disorders to violent behaviors outside of the domestic violence context. This paper proposes to address this gap by reviewing the literature and linking these important concepts to general violence. This will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of violence and possibly open the door to new research and interventions taking into account both attachment and personality disorders as prodromic factors.En este artículo los autores presentan una síntesis de los textos que resaltan la relación entre los trastornos de la personalidad, los trastornos del apego y los comportamientos violentos. Se estableció que los trastornos de la personalidad y los del apego favorecen el paso a la violencia en un contexto conyugal. Los autores recalcan la importancia de mejorar los conocimientos acerca de esta relación a fin de adaptar la intervención a una clientela violenta presa de una problemática a nivel de la personalidad o de la relación de apego.Neste artigo, as autoras apresentam uma síntese da literatura que ressalta a relação entre os transtornos de personalidade, os transtornos de apego e os comportamentos violentos. Foi estabelecido que os transtornos de personalidade e os transtornos de apego favoreceriam a passagem ao ato de violência em contexto conjugal. As autoras ressaltam a importância de melhorar os conhecimentos sobre esta relação a fim de adaptar a intervenção junto à clientela violenta que sofre de uma problemática de personalidade ou de apego

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Assessment of Patterns of Insecure Attachment in Adults and Application to Dependent and Schizoid Personality Disorders

Cited by 50 publications

References 4 publications

Personality-related disorders of interpersonal behaviour: a developmental-constructivist cognitive psychotherapy approach to treatment based on attachment theory

Personality-related disorders of interpersonal behaviour: a developmental-constructivist cognitive psychotherapy approach to treatment based on attachment theory

Personality Disorders, Attachment and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Lien entre troubles de personnalité, troubles de l’attachement et comportements violents : synthèse des écrits

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