Relationship Between Attachment Patterns and Personality Pathology in Adolescents

Nakash-Eisikovits, Ora; Dutra, Lissa; Westen, Drew

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“…Attachment anxiety might be associated with dependent, histrionic and borderline personality disorders. Similar but not identical results had been found in an earlier study of adolescent personality pathology (Nakash-Eisikovits et al, 2002).…”

Section: Personality Disorderssupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Attachment is related to these domains, albeit in the more specific context of personal relationships. Both personality disorders and attachment insecurity are associated with early adversity (Meyer et al, 2001;Nakash-Eisikovits et al, 2002). With specific regard to borderline personality disorder (the personality disorder in which attachment has been most researched), Dozier et al (1999) note that:…”

Section: Personality Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 1: Conceptualisations, measurement and clinical research findings

Ma¹

2006

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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Since its original conception by Bowlby to explain an important evolutionary function of the childcaregiver relationship, attachment theory has been supported by much empirical research in a variety of settings. However, although attachment theory began as a clinical enterprise, its wider application to the everyday clinical understanding of adult mental health problems has lagged behind the available research. The theory can afford valuable insight not only into the developmental nature of common psychiatric disorders, but also into the development of the therapeutic relationship. This article gives an overview of (a) the current conceptualisations of attachment and the measurement of attachment for clinical research purposes and (b) the application of attachment theory to different psychopathologies. The importance of attachment to the therapeutic relationship will be discussed in a future article.Ken Ma is a Specialist Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Blakesley Centre (102 Blakesley Road, Birmingham B25 8RN, UK. Email: kenkkma@yahoo.co.uk), and is also an Associate Clinical Teacher at the University of Warwick. His interests include the contribution of attachment theory to personality development and the help-seeking literature, and the assessment of attachment in adolescents and adulthood.

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Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 1: Conceptualisations, measurement and clinical research findings

Ma¹

2006

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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“…Rosenstein and Horowitz (1996) argue that adolescents with a dismissing style as measured by the AAI were at elevated risk for narcissistic and antisocial disorders while preoccupied adolescents were associated with a broad range of personality 100 D. M. Shumaker et al disorders, including histrionic, borderline, and schizotypal. Conversely, secure attachment in adolescents can be negatively correlated with personality disorders (Nakash-Eisikovitis, Dutra, & Western, 2002). More recently, Westen and colleagues (2006) found a strong correlation between borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adolescents with both preoccupied and incoherent=disorganized attachment.…”

Section: Individual Factors: Personality Formationmentioning

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How Do I Connect? Attachment Issues in Adolescence

Shumaker

Deutsch

Brenninkmeyer

2009

Journal of Child Custody

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Attachment formation is considered a developmental process that continues far beyond infancy and early childhood. Yet the research on adolescent attachment formation remains relatively modest. This article reviews the normative and pathological developmental trajectories of attachment during adolescence. Specific attention is focused on the assessment of attachment in adolescence and different classification systems developed to describe adaptive and maladaptive adolescent attachment. The review continues with an examination into the predictors associated with secure versus insecure attachment in adolescence. Finally, forensic considerations are explored.

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“…Güvensiz bağlanma biçimi yaşamın ilerleyen dönemlerinde psikopatolojinin ortaya çıkışı ile ilişkilendirilirken (Bowlby 1973), güvenli bağlanma biçimi sağlıklı gelişim süreçleri ile ilişkilendirilmiştir (Nakash-Eisikovits 2002). Major depresif bozukluk, doğum sonrası depresyon, panik bozukluğu, sosyal fobi, obsesif kompulsif bozukluk, travma sonrası stres bozukluğu ve ağrı bozukluğunun güvensiz bağlanma biçi-mi ile ilişkisi çeşitli araştırmalarda gösterilmiştir (Kökçü ve Kesebir 2010).…”

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Examination of Adult Separation Anxiety and Bonding Styles in Patients with Panic Disorder Who Applied to a Psychiatric Clinic

Selbes¹,

Berkol²,

Kunt³

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Turkish Journal of Psychiatry

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ÖzetAmaç: Bağlanma süreçleri, psikopatolojik gelişimleri anlamamız için kuramsal bir çerçeve sunmaktadır. Güvensiz bağlanma biçimi yaşamın ilerleyen dönemlerinde psikopatolojinin ortaya çıkışı ile sık ilişkilendirilmiştir.Yöntem: Çalışmaya, DSM-IV'e göre Panik Bozukluğu (PB) tanılı 65 kişiyle kontrol grubunu oluşturan 65 sağlıklı gönüllü alınmıştır. SCID-I uygulanarak PB tanısı alan hastalara, klinik durumlarının ve hastalık şiddetlerinin belirlenebilmesi için Panik-Agorafobi Ölçeği; Erişkinlikteki ayrılma anksiyetesini (EAA) araştırmak için EAA Ölçeği ve sahip olunan bağlanma biçimini ölçmek amacıyla İlişki Ölçekleri Anketi uygulanmıştır. Panik-Agorafobi Ölçeği dışındaki ölçekler kontrol grubu için de kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: EAA, PB olan grupta anlamlı olarak yüksekti. Bağlanma biçimleri ortalamalarında sadece "saplantılı" alt boyutuna ait bağlanma biçimi ortalamasında hem PB olan grupta hem de kontr ol grubunda, EAA düzeyleri yüksekti. Hastalar incelendiğinde kadın cinsiyet ve agorafobi varlığı ile EAA birlikteliği anlamlı oranda yüksekti. Erken yaşta anne-babasını kaybeden ve anne-baba ayrılığı olanların bağlanma biçimleri ortalamalarında "korkulu" ve "saplantılı" alt boyutlarına ait ortalamalar hasta gurubunda daha yüksekti.Sonuç: PB ile EAA birlikteliğinin yüksek, bu durumun kadınlarda daha sık ve hem PB grubunda hem de kontrol grubunda, saplantılı bağlanma biçiminin diğer bağlanma biçimlerine göre daha yaygındı. PB olan kişilerde, EAA ve/veya agorafobi varlığı ile bağlanma biçimleri arasında anlamlılık saptanmamıştır. EAA ve PB hastalarında ek tanı olarak depresyon diğer anksiyete bozukluklarından yüksekti. The attachment processes give us a theoretical framework to understand the psychopathological development. Unsafe attachment type is often associated with the emergence of psychopathology in the later periods of life.

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Relationship Between Attachment Patterns and Personality Pathology in Adolescents

Cited by 154 publications

References 62 publications

Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 1: Conceptualisations, measurement and clinical research findings

Attachment theory in adult psychiatry. Part 1: Conceptualisations, measurement and clinical research findings

How Do I Connect? Attachment Issues in Adolescence

Examination of Adult Separation Anxiety and Bonding Styles in Patients with Panic Disorder Who Applied to a Psychiatric Clinic

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