Attachment organization, emotion regulation, and expectations of support in a clinical sample of women with childhood abuse histories
Attachment organization, emotion regulation, and expectations of support in a clinical sample of women with childhood abuse histories
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DOI:
10.1002/jts.20339
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发表时间:
2008-06-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Charuvastra, Anthony
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作者:
Cloitre, Marylene;Stovall-McClough, Chase;Charuvastra, Anthony
Despite the consistent documentation of an association between compromised attachment and clinical disorders, there are few empirical studies exploring factors that may mediate this relationship. This study evaluated the potential roles of emotion regulation and social support expectations in linking adult attachment classification and psychiatric impairment in 109 women with a history of childhood abuse and a variety of diagnosed psychiatric disorders. Path analysis confirmed that insecure attachment was associated with psychiatric impairment through the pathways of poor emotion regulation capacities and diminished expectations of support. Results suggest the relevance of attachment theory in understanding the myriad psychiatric outcomes associated with childhood maltreatment and in particular the focal roles that emotion regulation and interpersonal expectations may play.