“…However, parental avoidant/dismissive attachment might be associated with greater vulnerability for a hostile/aggressive subtype of depression (MacGregor et al, 2014). Furthermore, there is some evidence that individuals with disorganized attachment, that is, individuals who interchangeably use attachment hyperactivating and deactivating strategies, are at increased risk for a subtype of depression that is typically associated with borderline personality disorder, marked by greater severity of depression, feelings of emptiness, anger, shame, and identity diffusion (Lecompte, Moss, Cyr, & Pascuzzo, 2014;Luyten & Fonagy, 2014).…”