The neglected link between adult attachment and schizotypal personality traits

Tiliopoulos, Niko; Goodall, Karen

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.017

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“…Kvrgic et al (2011) suggest this discrepancy could be due to the low levels of negative symptoms and the different gender distribution of their sample (66% male compared to 100% male in Ponizovsky et al's study). No associations between anxiety and negative symptoms were found in these clinical studies and only one non-clinical study found medium effect (r = .25) (Tiliopoulos & Goodall, 2009). Research with non-clinical samples also suggests that insecure avoidant attachment is associated with negative symptoms.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…'s study). No associations between anxiety and negative symptoms were found in these clinical studies and only one non‐clinical study found medium effect ( r = .25) (Tiliopoulos & Goodall, ). Research with non‐clinical samples also suggests that insecure avoidant attachment is associated with negative symptoms.…”

Section: Key Findings In Attachment and Psychosis Studiesmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…In line with Ponizovsky et al . (), anxious attachment has also been associated with positive schizotypy in non‐clinical samples (Berry et al ., ; Berry, Wearden, et al ., ; Meins, Jones, Fernyhough, Hurndall, & Koronis, ; Pickering et al ., ; Tiliopoulos & Goodall, ; Wilson & Costanzo, ). Research investigating associations between specific types of positive symptoms and attachment may help to explain these findings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research with non‐clinical samples also suggests that insecure avoidant attachment is associated with negative symptoms. Associations between attachment avoidance and negative schizotypy have been replicated with different methods of assessing attachment, group comparisons and correlational designs (Berry et al ., ; Berry, Band, et al ., ; Meins et al ., ; Tiliopoulos & Goodall, ; Wilson & Costanzo, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adult attachment and psychotic phenomenology in clinical and non‐clinical samples: A systematic review

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Understanding the role of attachment in symptoms may help to gain insight into the development or persistence of symptoms. Associations between attachment and recovery style suggest that it may be helpful to improve attachment security in a context of therapeutic relationships or other social relationships before encouraging people to explore their experiences of psychosis. Associations between insecure attachment and impaired mentalization skills may help in understanding interpersonal difficulties and this knowledge can be used to improve recovery.

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Section: Negative Symptomatologymentioning

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Section: Key Findings In Attachment and Psychosis Studiesmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Key Findings In Attachment and Psychosis Studiesmentioning

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Adult attachment and psychotic phenomenology in clinical and non‐clinical samples: A systematic review

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“…Research linking schizotypy with adult attachment shows a fairly robust association between anxious attachment and cognitive-perceptual, and to a lesser extent disorganised schizotypy, and a less consistent one between avoidant attachment and interpersonal schizotypy (Berry, Wearden, Barrowclough, & Liversidge, 2006;Meins, Jones, Fernyhough, Hurndall, & Koronis, 2008;Tiliopoulos & Goodall, 2009). Anxious attachment's negative self-schemata may also lead to more paranoid cognitions and distressing interpretations of unusual perceptual experiences (Peters et al, 2008).…”

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Religious attachment dimensions and schizotypal personality traits

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Tiliopoulos

2010

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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This brief pilot study explored associations between religious attachment (RA) and schizotypy in a nonclinical Christian sample (N ¼ 96). Participants responded to questionnaires assessing the above constructs, as well as adult attachment and neuroticism. Religious attachment accounted for 15.2% of the variance in cognitive schizotypy. Anxious religious attachment uniquely predicted cognitive schizotypy, while its effects on other schizotypy traits were accounted for by adult attachment effects. Schizotypy research may benefit from considering attachment relationships in the religious domain. Should our findings be extended and replicated, they may aid the development of interventions, tailored for specific religious populations, which could improve treatment outcomes for schizotypal or schizophrenic individuals.

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