Understanding the impact of attachment insecurity on PTSD symptoms among male Veterans and military personnel

Support-seeking and active coping mitigate the association between posttrauma symptom severity and attachment insecurity in a community sample of trauma survivors.

“…From the same cohort, Andersen et al ( 2015) demonstrated that ex-prisoners of war (POWs) who experienced greater PTSS reported greater attachment insecurity. Other studies have shown that people with greater attachment insecurity prior to experiencing a traumatic event have more severe reactions to traumatic events than people with less attachment insecurity (Benoit et al, 2010;Besser & Neria, 2012;Halpern et al, 2012;Renaud, 2008;Sciarrino et al, 2020;Solomon et al, 1998Solomon et al, , 2008.…”

“…Previous studies have shown links between PTSS and subsequent increases in attachment insecurity (Andersen et al, 2015;Benoit et al, 2010;Besser & Neria, 2012;Halpern et al, 2012;Mikulincer et al, 2011, Renaud, 2008Sciarrino et al, 2020;Solomon et al, 1998Solomon et al, , 2008. For example, one study found a positive association between PTSS and attachment insecurity among Israeli veterans who were involved in the 1973 Yom Kippur War (Mikulincer et al, 2011).…”