“…Importantly, people with disordered personalities tend to have insecure attachment styles (Brennan & Shaver, 1998; Crawford et al, 2007; Meyer et al, 2001; Nakash et al, 2021; Smith et al, 2020) specifically avoidant attachment style is correlated with psychopathic traits (Gacono & Meloy, 1991; Gacono et al, 1992; Gambin et al, 2018; Meyer et al, 2001; Schimmenti et al, 2014), fearful is associated with psychopathic traits (Schimmenti et al, 2014), and anxious is associated with borderline traits (Carol & Davies, 1995; Levy, 2005; Nakash et al, 2021; Patrick, et al, 1994; Smith et al, 2020). It would seem from previous research that the relationship between childhood abuse and neglect and disordered personality traits may be indirect through insecure attachment (see Figure 1; Cohen et al, 2017; Roters, 2019; Roters & Book, 2023a).…”