Attachment representations of personality-disordered criminal offenders.
The relation between attachment representations and personality disorders was examined in a sample of 40 Dutch men held in a forensic psychiatric hospital for the commission of serious crimes. Secure attachment representations were virtually absent in the sample; separation from attachment figures in childhood was related to current insecure attachment as well as to personality disorders. Use of attachment theory in research and clinical work with criminals is discussed.
van IJzendoorn
M H
MH
Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Feldbrugge
J T
JT
Derks
F C
FC
de Ruiter
C
C
Verhagen
M F
MF
Philipse
M W
MW
van der Staak
C P
CP
Riksen-Walraven
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009769:Object Attachment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors