Adolescent attachment and psychopathology.
The relationships among attachment classification, psychopathology, and personality traits were examined in a group of 60 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. The concordance of attachment classification was examined in 27 adolescent-mother pairs. Both adolescent and maternal attachment status were overwhelmingly insecure and were highly concordant. Adolescents showing a dismissing attachment organization were more likely to have a conduct or substance abuse disorder, narcissistic or antisocial personality disorder, and self-reported narcissistic, antisocial, and paranoid personality traits. Adolescents showing a preoccupied attachment organization were more likely to have an affective disorder, obsessive-compulsive, histrionic, borderline or schizotypal personality disorder, and self-reported avoidant, anxious, and dysthymic personality traits. The results support a model of development of psychopathology based partially on relational experiences with parents.
Rosenstein
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Department of Psychology, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia 19139, USA.
Horowitz
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012737:Sex Factors