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Attachment in Individuals With Social Anxiety Disorder: The Relationship Among Adult Attachment Styles, Social Anxiety, and Depression
Despite their apparent implications for social functioning, adult attachment styles have never been specifically explored among persons with social anxiety disorder. In the current study, a cluster analysis of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale ( N. L. Collins, 1996 ) revealed that 118 patients with...
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Published in: | Emotion (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2001-12, Vol.1 (4), p.365-380 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Despite their apparent implications for social functioning, adult
attachment styles have never been specifically explored among persons with
social anxiety disorder. In the current study, a cluster
analysis of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale
(
N. L. Collins, 1996
) revealed that 118 patients with social anxiety
were best represented by anxious and secure attachment style clusters.
Members of the anxious attachment cluster exhibited more severe social
anxiety and avoidance, greater depression, greater
impairment, and lower life satisfaction than members of the secure
attachment cluster. This pattern was replicated in a separate sample
of 56 patients and compared with the pattern found in 36 control
participants. Social anxiety mediated the association between
attachment insecurity and depression. Findings are discussed in the
context of their relevance to the etiology, maintenance, and
cognitive-behavioral treatment of social anxiety disorder. |
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ISSN: | 1528-3542 1931-1516 |
DOI: | 10.1037/1528-3542.1.4.365 |