TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment organization, emotion regulation, and expectations of support in a clinical sample of women with childhood abuse histories
AU - Cloitre, Marylene
AU - Stovall-McClough, Chase
AU - Zorbas, Patty
AU - Charuvastra, Anthony
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1002/jts.20339
DO - 10.1002/jts.20339
M3 - Article
C2 - 18553408
AN - SCOPUS:46949100632
SN - 0894-9867
VL - 21
SP - 282
EP - 289
JO - Journal of Traumatic Stress
JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress
IS - 3
ER -